Trump to greet Xi at Andrews, then host state dinner with top tech CEOs
President Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews and later hold a White House state dinner attended by leading technology executives.
On September 23, President Donald Trump is scheduled to receive Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews near Washington. The program includes an arrival ceremony, a Rose Garden military review, and an evening state dinner. Invited guests include prominent tech leaders such as Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and Michael Dell.
Why it matters
The visit highlights the diplomatic significance of U.S.-China ties and showcases the intersection of politics with the tech industry.
How this story developed
- Sep 12 Modi and Xi pledge strategic partnership and dispute avoidance at BRICS summit
- Sep 12 The leaders met bilaterally during the BRICS summit in New Delhi.
- Sep 13 Altman announced the IPO will not proceed in 2026.
- Sep 13 Modi paused his closing‑session speech to query Xi’s translator after the Chinese president showed discomfort and skipped the gala dinner.
- Sep 15 Senator Bernie Sanders and commentator Steve Bannon will speak together at the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, urging stricter AI safeguards.
- Sep 16 Bannon blamed the president’s inaction on the influence of tech oligarchs.
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