Trump Relishes Showing Xi His Marine One Chopper and New White House Helipad
Trump highlighted a new helipad, a planned ballroom site and portraits of himself as he hosted Xi and discussed White House renovations.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump showcased White House projects to China's visiting leader, including a new granite helipad and a future ballroom construction site, before taking him aboard Marine One on the South Lawn.
- Marking the Chinese leader's first state visit to the United States in 11 years, the geopolitical rivals confront a complex agenda spanning Taiwan, trade tensions, artificial intelligence, and the war in Iran.
- Following 90 minutes in the Oval Office, Trump walked the Chinese leader past presidential portraits, including an autopen gag mocking President Joe Biden, and showed him a wall-mounted copy of the Declaration of Independence.
- The president's midterm election strategy, which involves slamming Democrats as "communists," informs these efforts to impress the Chinese leader while highlighting construction projects across the White House and Washington.
- Noting the Chinese leader's interest in granite, Trump stated, "We have a lot of respect for you," while displaying gold-framed photographs of himself throughout the West Wing.
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'He loves good granite!': Trump gives Xi a tour! Marine One & New White House helipad on display
President Donald Trump showed Chinese President Xi Jinping some of his favorite White House projects Thursday, including Marine One, its new landing pad and the construction site of his planned ballroom. As they left, Trump told reporters: Xi “loves good granite.”
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Trump relishes showing Xi his Marine One chopper and new White House helipad – WTOP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump showed off some of his favorite things at the White House for the visiting leader of communist China on Thursday — bringing him inside his Marine One helicopter and exhibiting a new granite landing pad he built for it, along with the hulking, nearby construction site that will one...
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