BEIJING — President Trump’s much-anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been marred by multiple physical altercations just offstage. Among the incidents that took place Thursday: A White House staffer was trampled by Chinese reporters A Secret Service agent was kept out of official events American journalists were prevented from joining the presidential motorcade…
US, Chinese officials in shouting and shoving matches behind scenes of Trump-Xi summit
Politics
May 14, 2026
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