From tariff overlord to tarmac man, Trump to roll out red carpet for Xi

TOI correspondent from Washington: Donald Trump has spent years telling Americans that China has been eating America's lunch. On Wednesday, he will go to the airport to welcome the man who owns the restaurant.In an unprecedented spectacle, Trump will schlep where no US President has gone before – travel to Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, DC, to personally receive Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrives for a three-day state visit, briefly transforming himself from an imperious tariff overlord to a deferential tarmac man.The optics will be hard to miss.