Warren: Trump loves power Xi represents

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Today's Top Stories - September 24, 2026

Today's Top Stories - September 24, 2026

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday criticized President Trump’s decision to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping with fanfare during the leader’s arrival at Joint Base Andrews. 

“This is actually pretty consistent for Trump,” the senator told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “He loves dictators, and he loves the power that Xi Jinping represents, and I think this is the president really saying to the leader of China, ‘Don’t hurt me.’”

Xi is visiting the U.S. for a three-day state visit that has drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republican lawmakers. 

In a Senate floor speech on Tuesday, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said he would have........

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