Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 24 September 2026
Trump gives Xi Jinping a tour of Marine One and the new helipad
President Donald Trump showed Chinese President Xi Jinping some of his favorite White House projects Thursday, including Marine One, its new landing pad and the construction site of his planned ballroom. As they left, Trump told reporters: Xi “loves good granite.” Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/Assoc
Associated Press
What the coverage shows
Most outlets frame this as a White House state visit for Xi with a strong focus on ceremony, menu, guest lists, and the leaders’ public remarks, and several, including Reuters, AP, CBS, CNBC and the New York Times, also note the symbolic-gifts moment or the state dinner itself. A separate thread runs through NBC News, Axios, Reuters, NPR, CBS, BBC and the Guardian, which foreground the media-access fight; NBC and the Guardian are among the outlets that say reporters were still being kept out despite a court order. Only the South China Morning Post dwells on Chinese CEOs and business optics, while France 24 uniquely highlights Trump’s tarmac greeting.
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