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President Donald Trump personally greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews — a display of deference that observers say wasn't returned when Trump visited Beijing in May.

HuffPost senior reporter S.V. Dáte was among the first to flag the historic nature of the gesture, noting "going out to the airport to greet a foreign leader has not been done in 60 years," and that "presidents in recent decades have done that only for papal visits." His verdict: "Trump is doing it to honor a ruthless dictator."

Multiple accounts noted Trump and first lady Melania Trump stood at the bottom of the stairs as six F-16s and six F-22s sat parked behind them and a red carpet rolled across the concrete, kicking off a three-day state visit including a formal dinner. It was, several pointed out, the first time an American president has greeted a visiting head of state that way since John F. Kennedy welcomed British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1962....

Donald Trump on Sunday posted a comment about China, telling citizens not to "worry" about the country or his "highly respected" Chinese counterpart.

The president took to his own social media site, Truth Social, over the weekend, where he insisted there was nothing to worry about with China, a nation which Trump recently threatened with even more tariffs in an escalating trade dispute.

"Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine!" Trump wrote Sunday. "Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT."
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The U.S. trade war with China seemed to have reached a stalemate Friday, with China calling President Donald Trump's 125 percent tariffs a "joke," then hitting back with the same sky-high rates.

Trump's 125 percent tariffs were issued on top of the standing 20 percent tariffs, bringing the total to 145 percent for Chinese goods.

CNN's Boris Sanchez asked anchor Jim Sciutto about his "perspective" on how the White House was handling the situation, specifically the fact that Trump is demanding Chinese leader Xi Jinping reach out first for a phone call, and not the other way around. ...

Donald Trump made a splash by rallying in New Jersey, a state where some polls show he doesn't have a shot, but social media users were more focused on the former president's slip-up on China.

One of the first things Trump said at his rally in the Garden State went viral online. He thanked someone in the crowd, a former football player and Trump "golfing friend," named O.J. While Trump was roundly mocked, some said Trump was referring to someone other than the late accused murderer O.J. Simpson.

The next thing that caught attention online was Trump's reference to China. ...

Donald Trump on Friday night took a trip back to his roots when he referred to Kim Jong Un, Putin, and other foreign dictators as "very fine people."

Trump, who was delivering remarks in Concord, New Hampshire, earlier in his speech apparently confused Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi, resulting in the ex-president blaming the former for the events of Jan. 6. In this instance, however, Trump was claiming that Haley isn't up to the task of presidency.

"She cannot do this job," he said, naming the dictators and then saying they are "very fine people you have to deal with."...