Trump Stages B-1 Bomber Flyover To Impress Chinese President Xi — But His Own Startled Reaction Steals The Show

The U.S. president and the Chinese leader had very different reactions to the flyover.


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President Donald Trump appeared with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the Chinese leader arrived in the United States on Wednesday. When the two leaders appeared together, they reacted very differently to a military jet flyover.

At that moment, The Daily Beast reported, Trump “appeared to grimace in pain,” while Xi remained stone-faced.

“Xi, 73, appeared stone-faced as the planes neared, but the 80-year-old Trump visibly recoiled at the noise, ducking and baring his teeth as B-1 bombers came screaming overhead,” the Beast added.

“The octogenarian president watched the bombers fly ahead, pursed his lips in apparent astonishment, and whispered something to Xi with a smirk,” the Beast account said.
Social media users had a lot of fun mocking the juxtaposition.

The moment happened ahead of what was expected to be a tense meeting between the two leaders.

According to the New York Times, “despite the rivalry between the United States and China, President Trump has repeatedly found ways to give President Xi Jinping of China a pass, portraying him more as a personal friend than a competitor.”

Photo courtesy of the Political Tribune media library. 

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