Trump Stages Military Welcome for Xi's State Visit — SkimNews
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- Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for what the AP called a "highly anticipated" state visit, with the two leaders watching a military review together in the Rose Garden.
- The review featured a colonial-era band alongside a flyover by a B-2 bomber and four fighter jets.
Why it matters: The White House rolled out full military honors — a B-2 stealth bomber and four fighter jets overhead, plus a colonial-era band — for Xi, the kind of staging the U.S. typically reserves for its closest allies, making the pageantry itself a notable feature of the visit beyond the underlying diplomacy.
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