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TheProle

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16. y'all are fucking tripping.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #7)

Wed May 13, 2026, 11:21 AM

May 13

I get Trump hate as much as anyone, but it was certainly a coordinated state reception, and I can find nothing to suggest that Xi was ever going to be there to greet him on the red carpet. There is "fighting the good fight" and there is delusion.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/politics/live-news/trump-china-visit-arrival-ceremony-hnk

President Donald Trump has just landed in Beijing to an arrival ceremony replete with the pomp and pageantry the US president is known to appreciate.

In a show of the importance of the trip, China’s leader Xi Jinping has dispatched a high-level official to lead the welcome delegation — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng.

Han is widely seen as Xi’s envoy for diplomatic events and last year attended Trump’s presidential inauguration. He is a retired member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the Chinese Communist Party’s top-most decision making body.

Other officials on the ground include US Ambassador to China David Perdue, his counterpart Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng, and China’s executive vice minister of foreign affairs, Ma Zhaoxu, according to the White House.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/politics/live-news/trump-china-visit-arrival-ceremony-hnk?post-id=cmp4029iv00043b6ci5fa85sh

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🚨 BREAKING: Trump has arrived in China to find that President XI did NOT greet him at the airport. [View all] riversedge May 13 OP

Instead, send in China's pedophile execution squad Blue Owl May 13 #1

No shocker - trump bombed and blockaded China's primary gas station Amishman May 13 #2

Xi makes first move. Snap. Sneederbunk May 13 #3

Where's Melania? leftstreet May 13 #4

Hopefully picking out which hole she'll be buried next to wolfie001 May 13 #40

trump does not look good LetMyPeopleVote May 13 #5

No grandiose reception? That's a shame 🙃 Deuxcents May 13 #6

No red carpet for Trump (none that I can see) --that alone is a hit to Trumps EGO! riversedge May 13 #7

I think he expected a lot more than kids waving flags as he arrived with his billionaire entourage Deuxcents May 13 #10

y'all are fucking tripping. TheProle May 13 #16

You seem upset that some here are enjoying this obvious snub ornotna May 13 #27

There was no expectation that Xi would be there, so TheProle May 13 #35

Thanks for reality check -- it gets downvoted these days Ponietz May 13 #36

Heartbreaking MustLoveBeagles May 13 #44

I'm surprised he wasn't disinvited NJCher May 13 #8

He said Xi would give him a big hug malaise May 13 #9

Ha ha dem4decades May 13 #11

Different from the slobbering Trump/Putin greeting. Vinca May 13 #12

Trump is a grumpy stupid moron Johonny May 13 #13

My Hope ahnakneemoose May 13 #14

Should be interesting to watch malaise May 13 #15

I bet they can get good Chinese carryout! COL Mustard May 13 #20

I would be a little nervous if i were trump. Omnipresent May 13 #29

Wouldn't that be a shame MustLoveBeagles May 13 #45

For most of the world outside of the Fox/MAGA Trump cult... Hugin May 13 #17

It's well known that the Chinese are Prairie_Seagull May 13 #18

Sir! Sir! That's a snub, sir! Grim Chieftain May 13 #19

Now they know how Zelensky feels when he visits here. Tommy Carcetti May 13 #21

Like in "The Long Good Friday" Kid Berwyn May 13 #22

This is... GiqueCee May 13 #23

What a waste of a fresh diaper. rubbersole May 13 #24

This happened in 2017 as well. But this time he was greeted by the vice president instead of a state councilor, so it's WhiskeyGrinder May 13 #25

A Xi Power Play Right There. MineralMan May 13 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Goonch May 13 #28

That's Biden, guy. Prairie Gates May 13 #43

Kind of looks like Biden kimbutgar May 13 #49

More than likely they were scrambling to find some deodorant. ☮ walkingman May 13 #30

Why would a vassal of a subordinate power expect to be treated like an emperor? quakerboy May 13 #31

China's news didn't cover Trump either. Blue Full Moon May 13 #32

Fooled me. I thought he was gonna fall. Maybe next time. twodogsbarking May 13 #33

The master does not go out to meet the slave. Ray Bruns May 13 #34

Welp...the first power move by Xi NCDem47 May 13 #37

What a slap orangecrush May 13 #38

XI wants to LXXXIV XLVII. twodogsbarking May 13 #39

LXXXVI Liberal In Texas May 13 #47

Ooops. It's LXXXVI ananda May 13 #48

I'm trying to remember when Chump has ever greeted a visitor at the airport FakeNoose May 13 #41

Hope Trump had to hitchhike from the airport to his hotel room with five big suitcases in tow. magicarpet May 13 #42

Is there anywhere that Trump is still respected? International travel will be dangerous for his sons after he's gone ChicagoTeamster May 13 #46

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