Takeaways from Trump-Xi summit: Lots of pomp and even more punting on tensions in US-China relations
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China's President Xi Jinping, left, speaks with President Donald Trump on the steps of the National Archives Museum, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
President Donald Trump, center, speaks with China's President Xi Jinping as first lady Melania Trump walks at right, at the National Archives Museum, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The airplane carrying Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, lifts off at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
President Donald Trump, center right, and first lady Melania Trump, right, speak with China's President Xi Jinping, center left, and his wife Peng Liyuan on the steps of the National Archives Museum, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A U.S. Joint Military Honor Guard marches into position before Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive to board their aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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China's President Xi Jinping, left, speaks with President Donald Trump on the steps of the National Archives Museum, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
