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President Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a White House state dinner on Thursday
September 25, 2026
President Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a White House state dinner on Thursday. Tech executives, cabinet officials and Supreme Court justices were among the guests.
Xi Jinping is the leader of China, and Trump has held four state dinners in his two terms, often preferring to receive world leaders at his private clubs.
Key facts
- The New York Times reports that Thursday's invitation list includes Tim Cook, formerly Apple's chief executive, and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, both of whom were guests at the 2015 dinner held for Xi.
- The WSJ reports that President Trump's Thursday night state dinner for Xi Jinping drew prominent technology leaders, Wall Street billionaires, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices and officials from China.
- According to the White House and a person familiar with the plans, the expected guests included Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Google's Sundar Pichai and Dell Technologies chief Michael Dell, ABC News reports.
- ABC News reports that Donald Trump received Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday evening for an elaborate state dinner, which closed a day of ceremony and talks during a visit with much riding on it.
- The White House published the names of those invited to the dinner, and The New York Times says it has not verified that every listed guest is present.
President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday evening for a state dinner in the White House, and the outlets covering it agree on the guests and the setting. ABC News reports that the dinner closes a day of ceremony and talks, and that the expected guests include Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Sundar Pichai of Google and Michael Dell, citing the White House and a person familiar with the plans. WSJ describes technology leaders and Wall Street billionaires sitting alongside cabinet officials, Supreme Court justices and Chinese dignitaries.
The New York Times places the dinner in the East Room and names Bezos, Jensen Huang and Musk among the executives, with Chinese officials and Republican donors also present. It notes that Tim Cook and Zuckerberg, both on this guest list, also attended the 2015 dinner for Xi, and that Trump has held four state dinners in his two terms. The Times adds that the White House put out an invitation list it has not checked name by name against who actually came. Bloomberg.com runs the invitation list, and The Washington Post and WSJ each set out who attended.
The outlets agree on the event, the host, the guest of honor and the leading names at the table. The open point is the full roster, because the published list shows who was invited rather than who arrived.
Still developing
The guest list the White House released stands as the last development at the time of draft.
How settled the reporting is
Sources
- ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos — Trump welcomes Xi to White House for state dinner - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- The New York Times — Trump Hosts Xi for State Dinner Amid a Day of Pomp - The New York Times
- WSJ — See the High-Profile Guests Who Attended the Trump-Xi Dinner
- Reuters
Toggle read the full reports of 3 of the 5 outlets counted on this event. The other 2 are counted from their headlines and opening sentences.