Badlands Media - Badlands Media Special Coverage: 9/24/26 - Trump Toasts Xi Jinping at White House State Dinner

Episode Date: September 25, 2026

The pageantry continues into the evening as Trump hosts President Xi and Madame Peng for a formal state dinner, complete with history lessons, a genuine gift exchange, and an unscheduled detour to show off the new White House ballroom construction, described by Trump as something 150 years of presidents have wanted built. His toast traces two centuries of U.S. China relations, from the first Chinese diplomatic delegation's visit 158 years ago to a bald eagle sculpture gifted to Xi as a symbol of American friendship. Xi responds with his own sweeping history lesson, touching on Ping Pong diplomacy, wartime allies, George Washington's porcelain collection, and a genuinely touching story about an American who helped fund reforestation efforts in China decades ago. Expect warm toasts, cultural nods, and a healthy dose of ceremonial charm as both leaders frame the evening as another chapter in a very long relationship.  

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The hospitality of the Chinese people was on full display during my visit to Beijing earlier this year. And tonight, we hope to show you the same honor as you returned to Washington for the first time in over a decade. Very strong. Thank you, Xi's president, Peng Fuhran, China, the people and the

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we want with the Long ago, European explorers first discovered the American continent as they searched for a new way to reach China in the east. That quest produced the modern world, this beautiful country, and ultimately the long relationship between the Chinese and the American people, that we are celebrating very happily tonight. A long ago

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the first formal delegation of Chinese diplomats came to the United States 158 years ago. In Boston, they met American thinkers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. In New York, they dined with the governor, the mayor, and titans of Wall Street. And in Washington, they came to the White House for the first ever state dinner between China and the United States. the United States, 158 years ago, the first

the official of Chinese political foreign, found in the in Bosston, they met with Amoshen, Solo,

and other American people, in New York, they with the mayor, and the Qarercied and Qaeda,

together, they're to have, came to the backgong, and took the United

between the first year's the first year the time. Tonight,

we the spirit of that first encounter here on American soil as we are joined by some of the top leaders in business culture and government from our own time. On one side, China draws on thousands of years of history and tradition from Sun Suen-Su to Sun Yatsin. For Americans, we inherit a legacy of faith from Jerusalem to Rome, the democracy of ancient Athens, the triumphs of Sparta and the freedom proclaimed in Philadelphia 250 years ago. Today, we're in the United States' home-on-neigh-the-true of the spirit, from the country, world-state, the time-day,

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leaders of our two nations President and I both understand that we represent different systems but the

ties between our people endure and we've never gotten along better since the first trade ships from New York left the harbor

to to arrive on the banks of the Pearl River. Americans and Chinese have always exchanged goods, knowledge, customs, and ideas. This has been the foundation of commerce and mutual respect between our countries, and together we can continue to build a relationship that promotes prosperity and security for future generations. As a two-worldingual leader, Xi's chief and I, for the sons' and for the children. And if I could go off script just for a second,

I just want to say, I had to do it. I had to do it. I had to do it. But as a special treat in honor of President Xi and Madam Pung, I'd like to invite everyone in the room to visit through that beautiful curtain in the back. The door,

lit up and it looks beautiful. It's one year away from completion, the new ballroom that you've heard about, and you will see something that I think you will really love. Presidents have been trying to get this built for 150 years, and I can tell you that tonight, if we had it, we would have had way more than a thousand people with standing room only, and this room has about 145. That's about it. So they've been looking for this for over 150 years, all presidents, and they will shortly have it. So in honor of you, you'll be the first people to step foot on that. It will do that maybe after we're finished with the entertainment tonight. Anybody wants to walk into a construction site that's nice and clean and sparkling. It's our honor to have

you do so, but this is in honor of President Xi, Madam Pung. Xi's Chief, Pong-Four-N, in our our line, the

line, is the new the can't the end-the- many many

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and we're the our this meeting is just can run 140 people, but it's done the meeting

will be able to run more, more people, so you a quarter, when we're doing it

after the performance, I want to ask the Xi and Pong Fulen can

a foot to our front of the front and see we're done the

building, and see the community is the community

is the spirit of friendship it's my honor

to present President Xi with a gift made by an extraordinary American artist, one of the greatest in the world, and designed in personal collaboration with Melani and myself. And the bald eagle is a national symbol of the United States and an embodiment of the free and soaring spirit of American. We hope it will find a nice place, a wonderful place in Beijing. It's your honor. to showshend and Rangue of the place. President Xi and

Madam Pung, Malani and I want to thank you for making your journey and it is a long journey to America during our 250th year. I'd like to raise it last and propose a toast to President Xi, Madam Pong, and the long relationship

between China and America that has bridged thousands of miles and spanned hundreds of years and may all of our people know a future of harmony, peace, and success. And we're all here today and tonight to honor you both. And thank you very much for coming to America. Xi, President, Pong Fulren, Medanayana and I, thank you, and I thank you, in America, in

America, in New York, in New York. Now, I tell you guys to give us, to say to Xi and Pong Fulowen, and for the trans-M-Megh between the cross-year few years, and many years' in a few hundred years, and can't

be a more, more, more heathed, and a happy and our peace, and we'll, to thank you. And now I'd like to ask President

Xi to come up and say a few words. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. President and Melania,

and Misses, you know, and, friends, thank Trump, and Melania and Ms.

and give me and my and my and support and the President and

and for this this time for this for this and for this all to show us, and use-out-out-out-being,

and we feel weaned as well at this, I should like to all the of the -May-Guance and the American

all-gey-en-scied and-o-he-en-haw. This is, at the time, the people are in the In the

in the in the tradition is the time in the in the future and I'm

good and honorable President Donald J. Trump and Mrs. Melania Trump,

ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, thank you, Mr. President and Mrs. Trump for extending to my wife

at me your gracious hospitality and thoughtful arrangements. You and Mrs. Trump have made many special arrangements for our visit, all prepared with meticulous care and consideration in every detail. You make us feel truly at home. I would also like to extend my sincere greetings to Americans from all sectors of society who care about China-U.S. relations

and support the further growth of our bilateral ties. As I speak, my compatriots in China are celebrating the Mid-Aughtum Festival, a cherished occasion for a family reunion in Chinese tradition. I wish you all a very happy mid-autom festival and my best wishes to you and your families. This year, Trump's Zoottenhammeduant, in my invitation, we agreed to build a strong-of-war. We agree to build a strong-eget-state, strategic, and when

the Trump President the people and I welcome now

I'm and I just in a time and the two

countries and made and the country I'm I'm

to the and the in a new conversation, and to make a new financial-state strategic-saintly of a strategic

and for the foreign-wide for the new strategy-in In May this year, President Trump paid a successful visit to China

at my invitation. We agreed to build a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability. During the visit, During the visit, President Trump warmly invited me to visit the United States, and I have come, as promised. In less than half a year, the Chinese and American presidents have exchanged state visits, making history in our bilateral engagement.

Today, President Trump and I had sincere and in-depth exchanges and reached common understanding on many issues. This has added new substance to the constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability and provided new strategic guidance for China-US relations. Not a year, the United States, I, Not long ago, the United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of its independence. On that occasion, I sent my congratulations on behalf of the Chinese government and people.

The past 200-plus years have also witnessed friendly exchanges between China and the United States. Two hundred years, the United East then will bein'gion to look to show to China. The United both-to-who-to-who-who-who-bo

and opened a market and then Washington's-Tolton so-mach-soumine stocked ... Over 200 years ago,

soon after its independence, the United States turned its eyes to change. its eyes to China. Our two countries started trading with each other, exchanging goods to meet each other's needs, and draw on our complementary strengths. In fact, President George Washington had personally acquired a large collection of Chinese porcelain. 80-year 20-year-old people both-year-Americans'

in front-the-Rexing the human-coeat-eat-eat-eat the top-finged toad-fonged. On the time, China, during, the Chinese made-goed

several-bent American private-eastern paid-out- thousands-one life's This way of the war-dun-dun-do-do-y will be shall

share. Over 80 years ago, the Chinese and American people stood shoulder to shoulder in a fight against Japanese militarist aggressors. Together, we opened the famous hump air route over the Himalayas. During the War of Resistance against Japanese aggression, Chinese soldiers and civilians rescued hundreds of American pilots at the cost of hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives. Such a friendship forged in blood and fire will surely live on through the generations. Fifty-do-year-old-old Chinese-day-Mawai-Goukow-kowed-fetched-fing-one-few-towing-down-diamen.

Mao Zedong and Nekhsson's and the old-y-be, the political, in small-chew, to turn-to-the-chiefs, and to make the long-Mey-Guang-is-trans-haw-the-state. During,

Nij-Gas-Sung-Sung-Ongu just on the on the Gyeongsson. Over 50 years ago, Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States opened the long, closed door of bilateral exchanges. With the political wisdom embodied in a small ball moving the globe, the older generation of Chinese and American statesmen, led by Chairman Mao Zedong and President

Richard Nixon, set in motion the historic process of normalizing relations between our two countries. The redwood trees that President Nixon had presented as a special state gift have taken root in Jujang province, where I worked for several years. 20-year-old years, a year ago, a name called Sykeshae's American, Zizhouhuryrdian, Inuitz, Zun, Zung Su. Before, this old man back to China seen as

seen as the same seen been a dream a huge-jonged this

story got a lot of people and is the people

and in the country for 20 years ago an American named

Ronald Sarkolsky gave financial support to Yin Yu Jin a Chinese desert

control worker for her tree planting effort. Just recently, Ronald, now an elderly man, returned to China. He saw with his own eyes that the desert back then had turned into a lush forest. This story touches the hearts of many Chinese people and stands as a shining example of the friendly exchanges between our two peoples. people's human-to-tong, for the United States, for our own-to-heart-hore human-eanism.

Exchanges have helped promote heart-to-heart communication between our people and cemented public support for Sino-U.S. Friendship and Cooperation. Mr. and, friends,

wung-boe and to-hean. Today, the U.S. country, on the new-the-List Trump's President said

that the United America and leding the American people to get

the important development and China China is to

achieve the Chinese national national people and China

modern and modern new new new new new

the two and the whole whole whole and

can can and can and We must show us the world-don-down, shoulding the people's chie-pain and and the state-da-taxie,

to find out a part-the-court-shan-choo-to-synchoo of new friends. Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, reviewing the past gives us new perspectives. President Trump has pled to another historic juncture for China-U.S. relations. President Trump has pledged to make America great again.

and led the American people in making significant strides. China is committed to achieving great national rejuvenation, and Chinese modernization has kept breaking new ground. These two goals are both ambitious and can surely be mutually reinforcing. China and the United States must act as responsible major countries, meet the expectations of our peoples, keep pace with the trend of our times and explore a new approach for major countries to get along with each other. Lysh,

long and we all over and leave, the Chinese and our own and our own ways, can't quite, let us share and in and con-tow-coming to join un-go-in-o-do and, I'll write

the Chinese penit like a river that never stops flowing history never stands

still. The friendship between the two peoples is a worthy cause that holds great promise.

Let us join hands and move forward side by side. Together, let us nurture the beautiful flowers of

Sino-U.S. Friendship. Together, let us write a chapter in our friendly relations. I'd say, for Trump's and Melania, New Year's,

for the Chinese and for our own and for the people, and for the people, and be now I would like to propose a toast, to the health of President and Mrs. Trump,

to the prosperity and progress of China and United States, and to the friendship between our two peoples. Cheers. Gendbe. Cheers. A war for perception is raging. To the victor goes the authorship of history. The war of stories is your primary defense. Armor against becoming its casualty.

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