President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for a lavish state dinner at the White House on Thursday, according to moneycontrol.com. The festive evening followed a landmark summit and discussions between the two leaders regarding thorny issues such as Taiwan, trade, and artificial intelligence, mynbc5.com reported.
Trump Welcomes Xi Jinping to the White House for a High-Profile State Dinner
During the event, Trump hailed the relationship he has forged with the Chinese leader, while Xi noted in a toast that Donald Trump’s pledge to make America great again and China’s goal of national rejuvenation are both ambitious and can surely be mutually reinforcing
according to mynbc5.com. Trump also presented Xi with an eagle statue that he stated was designed in personal collaboration with First Lady Melania Trump, notes mynbc5.com.
Guest List Features Prominent Technology Titans and Billionaires
Thursday’s gathering drew a wide-ranging cavalcade of billionaires, business leaders, and Washington powerbrokers. The guest list featured a heavy presence of technology industry titans, according to moneycontrol.com, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla and SpaceX leader Elon Musk, Google head Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell.
Notable fashion choices at the arrival included OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signing autographs, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wearing a tuxedo instead of his trademark black leather jacket, and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault walking through security fencing to enter the White House, moneycontrol.com reported. Trump himself wore a tuxedo for the occasion, noted mynbc5.com.
First Lady’s Menu Served on Reagan-Era Red China
The multi-course meal, served on the red china from the presidency of Ronald Reagan, was crafted with assistance from First Lady Melania Trump, according to mynbc5.com. The menu included:
- First Course: Yellow squash velouté prepared with wild mushrooms, fresh herbs, crispy pancetta, and drizzled scallion oil.
- Main Course: Sesame-crusted sea bass served alongside braised baby bok choy, roasted garden eggplant, and a sauce verte.
- Dessert: Vanilla crémeux featuring sour cherry confit and walnut frangipane, complemented by ice cream made with honey gathered from the White House.
The culinary details were outlined by moneycontrol.com.
Ballroom Tour and Political Pushback
Later in the evening, President Trump invited attendees to step through a curtain to tour the construction site of his ongoing White House ballroom project on the South Lawn, mynbc5.com reported. Trump, who has called the prospective space the Great Hall of the United States,
told guests the project is roughly a year from completion, according to mynbc5.com.
Not all reactions to the diplomatic summit were celebratory. In a formal statement, 19 Senate Democrats—including all Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—criticized the pageantry of the event for focusing on a ballroom tour and a lavish dinner with billionaire friends rather than addressing trade practices, technology theft, and security concerns, according to djournal.com.
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