The New York Post @nypost says that Melania @FLOTUS did not accompany Trump to China because she wanted to focus on promoting children’s charity projects in the United States. Do you believe that? I don’t. During Trump’s visit to China this time, both sides appeared very friendly on the surface, but secretly they were wary of and competing with each other. Xi Jinping’s wife, Peng Liyuan, did not appear even once. In contrast, when Belarusian President Lukashenko visited China in June 2025, although he also did not bring his wife, Xi Jinping not only had Peng Liyuan come out to receive him, but even had his daughter Xi Mingze appear to accompany them. Therefore, this Trump-Xi meeting was mostly about surface-level pomp and show; there wasn’t much substantive content. To Xi Jinping, he gained a little more legitimacy, and that is it.