Trump gets giddy about visit from China's Xi, boasts about AI superiority #
Washington DC - President Donald Trump on Wednesday got giddy while talking about the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington, and bragged about the US' AI superiority.
"By the way, we have the president of China coming on the 24th," Trump told a conglomeration of reporters who had gathered in the Oval Office for a meeting between a number of US travel executives.
"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," Trump rambled on.
The summit in Washington is scheduled for September 24 and is likely to see the two leaders discuss a range of issues that jointly impact both the US and China, as well as areas of cooperation and Washington's tariff policy.
"There's never been a time when $20 trillion of investment is coming in," Trump continued. "And the other number was by China many years ago, the previous record, but this is a record that's five times greater – it's incredible what's happening with our country."
The comments referred to inbound investment US investment, which will likely be a major topic of discussion between the two world leaders.
Trump also took the opportunity to boast about the US' lead over China in artificial intelligence, declaring: "AI is going up, and we're leading China in AI very substantially!"
His comments in the Oval Office, as well as the upcoming summit, comes at a time of tension between the US and China, especially after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged G20 countries this week to make a unified move against Beijing and Russia.
Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi laid out a series of issues that may become sticking points during the Xi-Trump meeting, and called on Washington to "focus on the positive agenda."
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