Overview
- At a White House breakfast with Republican senators, President Trump recounted last month’s Busan meeting with Xi Jinping and said he had “never seen men so scared.”
- He teased Vice President J.D. Vance for “butting into conversations,” drawing laughter as Vance sat up straighter in response.
- Trump described six officials on each side of Xi standing at attention and said a Chinese aide did not respond when addressed because “President Xi didn’t let him have any.”
- Coverage ties the anecdote to substantive talks that produced reported, time‑bound steps such as tariff reductions, a pause on expanded rare‑earth export controls, and renewed Chinese purchases of U.S. farm goods.
- Officials and reports characterize those measures as provisional, with implementation, verification, and high‑tech restrictions still to be worked out.