President Donald Trump hailed the “special relationship” between the United States and China and said he’d had “extremely positive and productive talks” with Xi Jinping as he invited the Chinese leader and his wife to Washington for a September 24 state visit.
Speaking Thursday in the Great Hall of the People’s ornate banquet hall, Trump did not mention any of the myriad flashpoints in the relationship between the world’s two superpowers but instead thanked Xi for what he described as a “magnificent welcome” and said the lavish meal was “another cherished opportunity to discuss among friends some of the things that we discussed today, all good for the United States and for China.”
