Biggest Moments & Players: Trump's State Dinner For Xi Jinping

America's foreign policy is in the spotlight from President Trump's high stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to the diplomatic showdown at the United Nations. We start tonight with team coverage. Our Jeff Harris breaks down the global pressure building at the UN General Assembly as Israel's Prime Minister causes quite the stir today. But first, let's go to Ryan Smith at the live desk. And Ryan, the red carpet rolled out at the state dinner and you have more about what came out with several high-level tech giants there in attendance. Yeah, the White House really pulling out all the stops tonight following that day of high stakes diplomatic meetings and discussions. I'd like to raise a glass and propose a toast to President Xi, Madam Peng, and the long relationship between China and America that has bridged thousands of miles and spanned hundreds of years. And may all of our people know a future of harmony, peace, and success. On tonight's guest list, many high-profile leaders from the tech and AI industry, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk sitting at the top table there with both presidents, the president of OpenAI and the CEO of Dell Technologies, Michael Dell, as well as we saw three sitting U.S. Supreme Court justices also in attendance there for the Black Tie affair. It's reported that President Trump and President Xi Jinping meeting for about 90 minutes here today behind closed doors. The two leaders expected to discuss AI safety, the Iran war, and of course trade and tariffs. Chinese officials late tonight confirming that the two talked about Ukraine as well and the Koreas. Now during his toast tonight, President Xi stating that he and Trump had, quote, sincere and in-depth exchanges and reached common understanding on many of those issues. Taking you out live tonight to the U.S. Capitol, where more than a dozen Senate Democrats slamming tonight's Trump-Xi summit. Quote, rather than confronting China's unfair trade practices, technology theft, complicity and attacks against our troops, or economic and military aggression against our allies, President Trump opted for pageantry over purpose, trading tough diplomacy for a ballroom tour and a lavish dinner with his billionaire friends. Meantime, by the numbers, Americans' views of China have apparently improved slightly in recent years, but overall they still view the nation negatively. According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, the share of U.S. adults with a positive view of China rose from 11 percent in 2021 to 19 percent this year. The share of Americans who hold a negative view of China fell from 68 percent in 2021 to 54 percent today, but that's still majority of U.S. adults. The Capitol Hill, a bipartisan pair of senators, are pushing for new cybersecurity standards for the nation's phone and internet networks. The bill from Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Ted Cruz follows the salt typhoon hacks blamed on China that breached major telecom companies nearly two years ago. It would create a government industry group to develop voluntary security practices and an optional certification process for businesses. Supporters say the goal is to better protect the communications networks Americans rely on every day. Taiwan is watching President Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi closely with a delayed $14 billion U.S. arms package at stake. Beijing wants Washington to halt weapons sales to the self-governing island China claims as its own. After their May summit, Trump called the arms package a very good negotiating chip and questioned the relevance of the decades-old six assurances, which include a U.S. pledge not to consult Beijing about Taiwan arms sales. No formal policy change followed. Secretary of State Marco Rubio now says the delay is based on U.S. weapons production and America's own military needs, not the summit. And that leads us to our question of the day. What is the biggest threat the U.S. faces from China? Is it economic, artificial intelligence, or military? What do you think? To cast your vote, head to our website, thenationaldesk.com.