OK this is getting to be a little too flattering. I'm starting to worry Xi's gonna give him something.
"We asked the top 30 in the world. Every single one of them said yes, and I didn't want the second or the third in the company. I wanted only the top. And they're here today to pay respects to you and to China."
Xi nods with a smug look and a grin.
1. Say what you will about this moron bragging for passing a cognitive test (twice) given only to the borderline demented, but he gets it. He gets that he's not in a position of strength when looking at China. And he's the first US president to have to mentally come to terms with that, which is a hard pill to swallow.
2. As always, CCP knows better than me. If I was Xi, I was gonna send his orange ass through the commercial gate, make him watch lil Marco get detained at customs, throw Big Macs at him for dinner and blow pistachio shells into the air when he's talking. But that'd be wrong, cus he's here to kiss ass, and the CCP read him better than I could.