Trump hosts Xi for US-China summit in Washington

Link Copied! Trump invites state dinner guests to view White House ballroom construction By Kit Maher President Donald Trump invited guests at tonight’s state dinner with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to view the construction of the new ballroom at the White House, adding that if it was ready, more people would have been able to attend.

“As a special treat in honor of President Xi and Madam Peng, I’d like to invite everyone in the room to visit through that beautiful curtain in the back, the door, it’s all lit up and looks beautiful,” Trump said in the East Room. “I can tell you that tonight, if we had it, we would have had way more than 1,000 people with standing room only, and this room has about 145.”