AFP, Palm Beach :
US President Donald Trump ditched the bombastic anti-Chinese rhetoric and hailed “tremendous progress” at the end of a superpower summit with counterpart Xi Jinping Friday, that was overshadowed by events in Syria.
Trump declared his relationship with Xi as “outstanding” at the end of a high-stakes but studiously familiar first meeting between the pair at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
“We have made tremendous progress in our relationship with China,” Trump said without getting into specifics. “I think truly progress has been made.”
The friendly tone was a far cry from Trump’s acerbic campaign denouncements about China’s “rape” of the US economy and his vow to punish Beijing with punitive tariffs.
Xi reciprocated Trump’s warm words, saying the summit had “uniquely important significance” and thanking Trump for a warm reception.
We “arrived at many common understandings,” Xi added “the most important being deepening our friendship and building a kind of trust.” Behind closed doors Trump’s grandson and granddaughter sang a traditional Chinese ballad-“Jasmine Flower”-and recited poetry for their honored guests, according to Chinese state media.
US President Donald Trump ditched the bombastic anti-Chinese rhetoric and hailed “tremendous progress” at the end of a superpower summit with counterpart Xi Jinping Friday, that was overshadowed by events in Syria.
Trump declared his relationship with Xi as “outstanding” at the end of a high-stakes but studiously familiar first meeting between the pair at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
“We have made tremendous progress in our relationship with China,” Trump said without getting into specifics. “I think truly progress has been made.”
The friendly tone was a far cry from Trump’s acerbic campaign denouncements about China’s “rape” of the US economy and his vow to punish Beijing with punitive tariffs.
Xi reciprocated Trump’s warm words, saying the summit had “uniquely important significance” and thanking Trump for a warm reception.
We “arrived at many common understandings,” Xi added “the most important being deepening our friendship and building a kind of trust.” Behind closed doors Trump’s grandson and granddaughter sang a traditional Chinese ballad-“Jasmine Flower”-and recited poetry for their honored guests, according to Chinese state media.
