A Two-Hour Meeting Between Trump and Xi... Heated Discussion and No Weapons Allowed

The bilateral meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping has ended, according to a White House official. Journalists accompanying the delegation estimated that the meeting lasted two hours and 15 minutes.

The entry of the accompanying journalists into the temple complex was also delayed by about half an hour because of a lengthy and increasingly heated discussion between U.S. and Chinese officials, after Chinese security services refused to allow a Secret Service agent accompanying the press corps to enter the temple complex while carrying his weapon. A compromise was ultimately reached.