Beijing rolls out red carpet for President Trump on China visit

cultureMay 13, 202635549

President Donald Trump received a formal red-carpet welcome in Beijing, where Chinese officials staged an arrival ceremony to open his diplomatic visit. The trip arrives amid rising US-China trade frictions and regional security tensions, including disputes tied to Iran; Trump previously imposed tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese imports in 2018. While the ceremony highlights Beijing’s willingness to host high-level engagement, diplomats must still negotiate concrete outcomes on tariffs, supply chains, and security for the visit to produce lasting results.

Jessica Tarlov

@jessicatarlov.bsky.social

China understands Trump better than Washington does. Give him the red carpet, the fanfare, the strongman treatment, and suddenly “America First” turns into deal-making season. China has several cards to play.

49245d ago

Jessica Tarlov190

From soybeans to semiconductor chips to leverage with the Iranians, there are minefields everywhere for Trump.

gacyclist.bsky.social10

But xi wasn't there to greet him. That seems like a huge snub.

Chris⚖️Justice7

Trump creates problems and never really solves them. #ETTD

Progressive AF!5

Russia understands the Trump family the most.

Skaggs of the Living Dead5

I can't get over how unfunny Greg Gutfield is.

Chris 📎4

China has all the cards to play.

moonie2121.bsky.social4

Flattery will get you everything with Trump.

Drive The Car Like We Stole It4

As always, @jessicatarlov.bsky.social nails it! My fear is, Xi offers something like hotels or Trump properties after his term expires. We won’t know what he gives up for those personal gains until years down the road and my guess is it’s not a good deal for America, its whatever is good for him.

Just_jammin24

So what is the deal? Taiwan controls the semiconductor market, China buys oil from Iran but is using more green energy than the U.S., China would not allow them to build a Trump Tower in China. I mean, what could that bunch inc. Musk, have to offer? No Teslas when China makes BYD vehicles.

anakhari.bsky.social3

China knows that Trump craves flattery and adulation. It's pressing all the right buttons as a prelude to a game of chess at which Trump is poorly prepared.

repropsych.bsky.social3

This is literally so embarrassing. I’d melt being pandered to like that.

Cindy🌻🪻🌷2

How can we tell Jessica is telling the truth.. the little guy keeps interrupting her

whiskeyxtangoxfox.bsky.social2

Give him the treatment he gives Putin. It’s pretty a to b.

Just a Dad 📎

@dadmakingcans.bsky.social

Trump has arrived in China to find that President XI did NOT greet him at the airport. MAGA is in spin mode heralding the “red carpet treatment,” but the visit is already at a rocky start. Instead of a presidential welcome, Trump was greeted by US Ambassador to China

2445d ago

K a s s i e D e e2

Not sure why they would expect Xi to meet him at the airport. It isn’t like Chump ever meets anyone at the airport.

SoFloBlue

@sofloblue.bsky.social

Trump gets red-carpet welcome in China, but past Beijing trip shows pageantry only goes so far - Fox News Xi didn’t even show up 🤣🤣

845d ago

karlkoons3

@karlkoons3.bsky.social

tRump selected his entourage of billionaires to go with him to China because he hopes he can make a business deal that will benefit him and them Xi's agenda: tRump's Iran War and the Strait of Hormuz Politica optics are important: Xi didn't greet tRump on the red carpet, but sent his VP instead

545d ago

skypilotbadindian.bsky.social

@skypilotbadindian.bsky.social

MASSIVE INSULT: Trump just landed in China. Xi Jinping did not greet him at the airport. Instead: the US Ambassador, China’s Vice President, and two foreign ministry officials. The White House is calling it “red carpet treatment.” 1

645d ago

Keeper of the Flame

@rosieogrady53.bsky.social

Watch MSNOW or CNN or C-Span to see the lavish Red Carpet welcome Trump received landing in China a few minutes ago. I watched @meidastouch.com explaining Trump was ignored in Chinese press...THAT is why I'm disappointed!

145d ago

Rod Burt

@rodinboise.bsky.social

Had coffee this morning with someone who had a dream last night. She dreamt the trump arrived in China and was arrested on the red carpet and locked up.

345d ago

Skip

@scuba49.bsky.social

China will role out the red carpet, praising Trump, feeding his pathological narcissism so they can fleece the USA. This will be "pomp & circumstance," to stroke his fragile ego, making America pay. America's stupid SOB will give away America to China. www.usnews.com/news/world/a...

245d ago

therreport.bsky.social

@therreport.bsky.social

Right away playing to his ego; Xi has his number, for sure ... Trump greeted in Beijing with red carpet and fanfare ahead of high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

245d ago

🖤 J. H. White

@slick-50.bsky.social

So Putin gets a Red Carpet in Alaska, Trump gets a Red Carpet in Beijing... It must be commie thing..

145d ago

𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1𝜄 = 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗈𝗍𝖺

@ajsdecepida.bsky.social

Trump landed in Beijing for high-stakes Xi talks and was met not by Xi but by senior Chinese officials — a moment critics framed as a snub. The bigger story is 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞; 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙄𝙧𝙖𝙣, 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙖𝙞𝙬𝙖𝙣. #CaveatLector

Raw Story reports that critics seized on Xi Jinping’s absence from Donald Trump’s airport welcome in Beijing, casting it as an early embarrassment before a high-stakes U.S.-China summit. The article’s stronger point is less the alleged snub itself than the claim that Trump entered the talks with diminished leverage because of the Iran war and China’s diplomatic positioning.
“Donald Trump has arrived in China to find that President Xi did NOT greet him at the airport.”
Call To Activism, quoted by Raw Story
“MAGA is in spin mode heralding the ‘red carpet treatment,’ but the visit is already at a rocky start.”
Call To Activism, quoted by Raw Story
“Xi couldn’t be bothered to meet Donald at the airport because he understands as well as Donald does that humiliating your underlings is a great way to keep them in check.”
Mary L. Trump, quoted by Raw Story

145d ago

Donny Evans

@iamdonnyevans.bsky.social

🔴 BREAKING: Trump has arrived in China for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping as the Iran war drives up prices at home, threatens global oil supplies, and turns Beijing into the latest stage for his golden-age sales pitch—complete with billionaires, fanfare, and a red carpet over the wreckage.

145d ago

Stephanie

@beachgurl.bsky.social

I just turned on the news to see what’s happening and I see Trump landing in China. There’s a ton of people to greet the plane, a red carpet, the whole thing. Is Xi mocking him? We all know he’s easily influenced when you play to his vanity. I wonder what this is a setup for?

145d ago

Jim Swanson

@jimswanson.bsky.social

Trump greeted in Beijing with red carpet ahead of high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping The honor guard marched to line up on both sides of the walkway, which were also flanked by hundreds of men and women in blue and white waving the Republic’s flag and the US flag while chanting tinyurl.com/qE2cFl

145d ago

Bang Xiao

@bang.xiao.au

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Trump landed in Beijing just now with Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and a list of things he needs. Red carpet. Military band. Three hundred Chinese youths chanting "warm welcome". Xi knows how to receive someone who needs the room more than they’re letting on.

145d ago

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