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Trump Participates in an Arrival Ceremony with President Xi at Joint Base Andrews, Sep. 23, 2026

September 23, 2026 · The White House · 0:09:26

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What happened

President Donald Trump participated in the arrival ceremony for President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China and Madame Peng Liyuan at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on September 23, 2026. The White House broadcast carries the ceremony itself — honor-guard drill commands and the official party’s arrival — with no remarks delivered on camera; the spoken record of the visit begins with the next day’s White House arrival ceremony and state dinner, both paged on this site.

Why it matters

The Joint Base Andrews ceremony is the formal opening of the September 2026 Chinese state visit — the reciprocal half of the exchange that began with President Trump’s May 2026 state visit to Beijing. It anchors the visit’s chronology for the Foreign Policy & Defense hub: arrival at Andrews on September 23, White House honors and talks on September 24, and the state dinner that evening.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump Participates in an Arrival Ceremony with the President of China” (official upload, embedded above; the upload’s description places the ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, MD). No remarks were delivered in the broadcast.