Pomp and toasts: Day 2 of Trump and Xi in DC
Xi’s first visit to Washington in a decade was a display of pomp and pageantry, with Trump offering his guest a two-month truce on the brewing tariff war.
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Former president of the United States known for his aggressive economic policies.
Elon Musk is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.
Chief executive officer of OpenAI.
Xi Jinping is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China.
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Xi’s first visit to Washington in a decade was a display of pomp and pageantry, with Trump offering his guest a two-month truce on the brewing tariff war.
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