Rapid Response 47

.@POTUS introduces President Xi to the U.S. delegation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS and President Xi inspect the assembled troops during the arrival ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

The U.S. national anthem plays for @POTUS upon his arrival at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China 🇺🇸 [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Chinese students greet President Trump with a flag-waving ceremony upon his arrival in Beijing. 🎥: @MargoMartin47 [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS is officially wheels down in Beijing ahead of his historic Summit. It's the first state visit of a sitting U.S. president to China since President Trump's last visit in 2017. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

President Trump's motorcade departs Beijing Capital Airport for the hotel. Tomorrow, @POTUS will participate in the official state arrival ceremony, meet with President Xi Jinping, sit for multiple interviews, and hold several other official events. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS proceeds down the red carpet in Beijing — briefly giving his signature fist pump to the assembled Military Honor Guard and Chinese youth flag wavers [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS steps off Air Force One in Beijing ahead of his historic Summit this week. He is greeted on the tarmac by Chinese Vice President Hang Zhang, @USAmbChina, and other dignitaries. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

WHEELS UP FOR CHINA! 🛫 [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS departs for China, where he'll make the first state visit by a U.S. President since his last visit in 2017 🛫 [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS says he has no regrets in pulling out of the World Health Organization: "We were paying, for let's say 350 million people, we were paying $500M a year... and China was paying $39M a year for 1.4 billion people." "On Covid, they were totally wrong." [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS and His Majesty King Charles III inspect the assembled troops during the official state arrival ceremony at the White House [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

WATCH: @POTUS and @FLOTUS arrive at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. 🇺🇸 [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

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.@POTUS on reports that China is preparing to ship weapons to Iran: "If China does that, China is gonna have big problems." [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS on talks in Islamabad: "They've been meeting for many hours... We'll see what happens. Regardless, we win... Maybe they make a deal; maybe they don't. It doesn't matter. From the standpoint of America, we win." [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

"Is this a one-and-done talk or are you open to more talks after this?" @POTUS: "I have to see what happens tomorrow. They've been talking for 47 years with other Presidents — and we're not doing much talking." [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

"I hope they make the right response," says @VP on Iran. "They've got to know, we've got tools in our toolkit that we so far haven't decided to use. @POTUS can decide to use them, and he will decide to use them if the Iranians don't change their course of conduct." [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS addresses the nation: "Tonight, Iran's navy is gone, their air force is in ruins, their leaders, most of them... are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is being decimated as we speak, their ability to launch missiles and drones is [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@POTUS: "We're negotiating now, and it would be great if we could do something, but they have to open it up. They have to open up the Strait of Trump—I mean Hormuz. Excuse me, I'm so sorry. Such a terrible mistake." 🤣 [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

That Wednesday night Trump Dance 🕺🇺🇸 [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@FLOTUS and First Spouses from across the globe pose for a group photo during the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit at the White House [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

.@PressSec: "I'm pleased to announce that @POTUS' long-awaited meeting with President Xi in China will now take place in Beijing on May 14th and 15th. @FLOTUS and @POTUS will also host President Xi and Madame Peng for a reciprocal visit in Washington, D.C. at a later date, to be [ 网页链接 ↗ ]