Trump criticized Obama's state dinner for Xi before holding his own
President Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner, despite previously criticizing former President Obama for hosting similar events. Trump had publicly condemned the practice of state dinners for Chinese leaders in 2016.
President Trump criticized former President Barack Obama for hosting Chinese presidents for state dinners, including Xi Jinping, multiple times more than a decade before doing it himself. Trump personally greeted Xi at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday and hosted a state dinner for him Thursday. But in 2016, Trump criticized state dinners, saying, “We shouldn’t...
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