Trump Jokes About China Bilaterial: ‘Never Seen Men So Scared’

Trump met with Xi in South Korea on Oct. 30, after which the countries struck a truce where each rolled back various trade measures.
Trump Jokes About China Bilaterial: ‘Never Seen Men So Scared’
President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast meeting with Senate Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House on Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. Saul Loeb / AFP
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President Donald Trump joked at a breakfast on Nov. 5 about his meeting with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping, affecting the postures of the Chinese officials at the bilateral and their stiff responses.

“He’s got six people on each side, and every one of those people were standing like this: they were at attention. And I made a comment to one of them, I got no response. I said, ‘Are you going to answer me?’ I got no response, and President Xi didn’t let him have any,” Trump said.