Overview
- Air Force One hit strong turbulence during the return from South Korea, with video showing President Trump bracing in a doorway and joking about people saying he had “the shakes.”
- During the in-flight press gaggle, Trump said he and China’s Xi Jinping discussed the Ukraine war and pledged to work together to try to make progress.
- Trump rated his meeting with Xi “a 12” on a ten-point scale and described it as a “truly great meeting.”
- In a Truth Social post, Trump said Xi authorized China to begin purchasing “massive amounts” of U.S. soybeans, sorghum and other farm goods, and to continue flows of rare earths and critical minerals.
- The episode closed a three-nation trip to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea and unfolded during a U.S. government shutdown that has stretched past 30 days.