Xi lands at Andrews. Trump meets him on the tarmac. First U.S. president to do that at this base in about 60 years

The honor is the stairs. The work is still Nov. 10, magnets and chips.

  • Touchdown shortly before 6 p.m. ET. Peng Liyuan with him. Cai Qi and Wang Yi on the trip.
  • Trump and Melania waited at the steps. Handshake. Red carpet. Six F-16s and six F-22s lined on the field.
  • Bloomberg. First U.S. president in about six decades to greet a foreign counterpart at Andrews, not counting a pope. Last comparable case cited: Kennedy and Macmillan in 1962.
  • Xi did not meet Trump at the airport in Beijing in May. Washington is paying that courtesy back tonight.
  • Thursday: White House arrival, Rose Garden inspection, bilateral meeting, state dinner with OpenAI, Google and Nvidia names on the guest list. Friday: tea. No side trips outside the capital. About 48 hours on the ground.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-23/xi-gets-rare-tarmac-welcome-from-trump-after-landing-at-us-base

https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/us-news/trump-greets-chinas-xi-at-airport-in-historic-move-to-kick-off-high-stakes-dc-visit/

 

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