President Trump presented Chinese President Xi Jinping with a custom-made bald eagle statue during his official state visit on Thursday.
\n\nThe president announced the gift at the White House during an evening State dinner.
\n\n“In that spirit of friendship, it’s my honor to present President Xi with a gift made by an extraordinary American artist, one of the greatest in the world, and designed in personal collaboration with Melania and myself,” the president said.
\n\n“The bald eagle is a national symbol of the United States and an embodiment of the free and soaring spirit of America, and we hope it will find a nice place, a wonderful place in Beijing,” he added.
\n\nThe president issued his gift after giving Xi a brief tour of the White House ballroom that is still currently under construction.
\n\n“As a special treat in honor of President Xi and Madame Peng, I’d like to invite everyone in the room to visit through that beautiful curtain in the back door,” Trump said. “It’s all lit up and it looks beautiful.”
\n\n“You’ll be the first people to step foot on that,” the president continued, “and we’ll do that maybe after we’re finished with the entertainment tonight. Anybody…
Original source: https://breitbart.com/
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