Trump tells China’s Xi ‘it’s an honor to be your friend’

President Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday, telling the leader, “It’s an honor to be your friend.” 

“There are those that say this is the biggest summit ever,” Trump told Xi during the public portion of their bilateral meeting. “They can never remember anything like it. I can say in the United States people aren’t talking about anything else.”

“It’s an honor to be with you, it’s an honor to be your friend, and the relationship between China and the USA is going to be better than ever before,” he added.

The president has struck a deferential tone with his Chinese counterpart during the visit and has avoided taking questions from the press. 

Trump and Xi met for two hours and fifteen minutes on Thursday, according to the White House press pool. 

The White House said in a readout of the meeting that the two leaders discussed business, trade, as well as the........

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