US President Donald Trump is expected to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry

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US President Donald Trump is expected to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry. The report also notes that Trump personally greeted Xi on the tarmac following his arrival on Wednesday, the first time in more than six decades that a US president has welcomed a foreign political leader at Joint Base Andrews near Washington. But Trump's decision to roll out the red carpet has ruffled feathers among both Democrats and Republicans.

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