seen proudly standing by as his delegates were introduced.<\/a><\/p>\nLeading body language expert Judi James has now provided insight into the greetings and what they meant, with Lara in particular standing out for her confident and friendly approach to meeting Xi.<\/p>\n
Judi explained, “Trump ushers Xi keenly and proudly towards his own delegation, throwing one hand out to steer and placing the other on Xi’s back to encourage movement. The greeting rituals are varied, but Trump stands back throughout like a proud but slightly tense parent.<\/p>\n
“Rubio seems to adopt an air of toughness, with a couple of words and a sharp nod of acknowledgment. Hegseth stands in his Action Man pose, shoulders squared and upper arms held away from his torso, a gesture that implies heavily muscled arms.<\/p>\n
“He puffs his cheeks a little in a mime of a smile, but, like his boss, he appears to prefer to look serious and rather intense here. Eric and Lara stand waiting at the end of the line, creating a rather more regal and sociable presence.<\/p>\n
“Eric’s shoulders are hiked back, his chest is puffed up with pride and his watchful gaze suggests an air of anticipation. Eric shoots his hand out as soon as Xi turns to greet him, and there is an extra-long handshake between Eric and Xi as it appears the interpreter explains who Eric is.<\/p>\n
“The shake with Lara is more elegant and regal as she extends a slightly less rigid and more wafting arm out to clasp hands with the Chinese leader.”<\/p>\n
Trump is in China, joined by prominent business figures, including Musk, Tim Cook, Larry Fink, and Stephen Schwarzman. Trump is hoping the visit will lead to a series of trade deals and purchase agreements with Beijing.”I am very much looking forward to my trip to China, an amazing Country, with a Leader, President Xi, respected by all,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Great things will happen for both Countries!”<\/p>\n
Discussions at the summit are likely to focus on trade, artificial intelligence, export controls, Taiwan, and the war in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lara Trump appeared confident and welcoming as she greeted President Xi Jinping in China. The daughter-in-law of President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12,81,6326,74,20382,8970],"class_list":{"0":"post-72174","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eric-trump","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-eric-trump","10":"tag-lara-trump","11":"tag-trump","12":"tag-us-china-relations","13":"tag-xi-jinping"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116577895877200320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}