Over a 48‑hour state visit, President Donald Trump met President Xi Jinping at the White House and declared the U.S. and China peer nations.
Trump’s remarks were punctuated by a brief tea ceremony where he praised American farmers, claiming the visit yielded “great results” for them—yet he offered no specifics on the $14 billion Taiwan weapons package that remains on hold.
The summit produced little more than optics; no public breakthrough on Taiwan, no concessions on Iran, and no easing of U.S. technology restrictions, leaving the trade war and strategic competition largely unchanged.
Senators John Kennedy of Louisiana and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, both representing states with deep agricultural ties, slammed the meeting as a “show job” and likened Xi to a “reptile” that cannot be trusted. NewPARA Both lawmakers have pledged to push a congressional review of the administration’s China policy in the coming weeks, demanding clearer accountability for the U.S. stance on Beijing’s moves in Asia.