East Room dinner already ran. Two more meets already ran. Pandas already ran. This is Friday’s unused exit.
Nikkei Asia live blog, Friday: President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping exchanged a final handshake about 12:15 p.m. ET after a National Archives tour. Washington Post, Michael Birnbaum and Cate Cadell, 2:24 p.m.: the two viewed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Morning already filed tea and Archives as an itinerary. Midday already filed Shenzhen and Doral. We will not reprint those as first-day news. The unused evening sentence is that the vault was held, then the visit ended.
Nikkei: Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan boarded at Joint Base Andrews at 1:10 p.m., closing a three-day state visit. At 1:17, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Much has been, and will be, accomplished. I look forward to our next meeting!” A look-forward is not a joint text. The Post: warm words, few apparent breakthroughs beyond a promise to meet twice more this year. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC details of a “subset” of non-sensitive goods could come Monday. Monday is not tonight. We will not invent that list.
What this means for you
If you needed this afternoon’s unused calendar, it still stands. If you needed tonight’s unused politics, it is Archives held, Andrews 1:10, and a farewell post. Not a year.
Bottom line: Vault held. Plane left 1:10. Look-forward, not a year deal.
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