Trump gifts Xi bald eagle stat­ue dur­ing state din­ner

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump gift­ed Chi­nese Pres­i­dent Xi Jin­ping with an ornate bald eagle stat­ue dur­ing Thurs­day night’s state din­ner at the White House.
The event capped a long, but friend­ly, day of meet­ings and cel­e­bra­tions, as the world’s two most pow­er­ful lead­ers seek to set­tle trade dif­fer­ences while simul­ta­ne­ous­ly warm­ing rela­tions between the Unit­ed States and Chi­na.

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