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Trump calls Xi’s Washington visit ‘exciting’, but claims US leads China in AI race

US President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that the United States leads China in artificial intelligence 'very substantially' and called Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Washington on the 24th 'exciting,' saying they have 'a lot of good things to discuss.' Trump's remarks come amid rising inflation and oil prices, his conflict with Iran, and low polling numbers ahead of the November US midterm elections, though analysts expect few meaningful deliverables from the summit.

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Trump calls Xi’s Washington visit ‘exciting’, but claims US leads China in AI race
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US president praises Xi and predicts they have ‘a lot of good things to discuss’ at summit, while bragging of beating Beijing in tech war

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Donald Trumpclaimed on Wednesday that the US held a significant lead over China in artificial intelligence, touted what he termed unprecedented levels of inbound US investment and said he was thrilled about Chinese PresidentXi Jinping’svisit to Washington later this month.The president’s bravado comes as inflation and oil prices rise, his war of choice with Iran drags on and his polling numbers hit new lows ahead of the

US midterm elections in November.“AI is going up, and we’re leading China in AI very substantially,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“By the way, we have the president of

Chinacoming on the 24th. That’ll be very exciting. Great, love to love to have him. A lot of good things to discuss, very, very productive things to discuss with President Xi.”Analysts say expectations are relatively low for meaningful deliverables or significant structural reform coming out of the summit.

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