Trump RSVP'ed April Beijing, Invites Xi to 2026 Showtime
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KEY POINTS
- •President Trump accepted Xi Jinping's invitation for a Beijing visit in April.
- •Trump also invited Xi for a planned state visit in 2026.
- •Both leaders aim to maintain balance following last month’s trade truce.
- •Tensions remain over Taiwan rhetoric and unresolved mineral and chip trade issues.
In a diplomatic plot twist more tangled than a TikTok algorithm, former President Trump announced on Monday he's acceptably jetting off to Beijing in April after an invite from heavyweight Xi Jinping. Not to be outdone, Trump tossed an invite to Xi for a 2026 state visit, proving planning international trips two years ahead might be his true calling. All this cloak-and-dagger trade truce jazz is happening while Xi's mood swings between sweet talk and Taiwan takeover threats, and mineral-chip trade issues remind us that world peace apparently runs on semiconductors now. Stay tuned as this political buddy cop movie just got renewed.
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(1 of 3)Source: Axios | Published: 11/24/2025 | Author: Dave Lawler
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