WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: A demonstrator stabs a pair of scissors to a photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping's face during a protest outside the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Xi for a three-day state visit to Washington, DC where the leaders are expected to discuss trade practices, artificial intelligence and furthering "strategic stability" between their countries. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: A demonstrator holds a sign that reads “To Try Xi Jinping” during a demonstration outside the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Xi for a three-day state visit to Washington, DC where the leaders are expected to discuss trade practices, artificial intelligence and furthering "strategic stability" between their countries. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: Demostrators shout slogans during a protest against the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping outside the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Xi for a three-day state visit to Washington, DC where the leaders are expected to discuss trade practices, artificial intelligence and furthering "strategic stability" between their countries. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: Demonstrators hold photos of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a demonstration outside the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Xi for a three-day state visit to Washington, DC where the leaders are expected to discuss trade practices, artificial intelligence and furthering "strategic stability" between their countries. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: Demonstrators hold photos of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a demonstration outside the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Xi for a three-day state visit to Washington, DC where the leaders are expected to discuss trade practices, artificial intelligence and furthering "strategic stability" between their countries. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) First lady of China Peng Liyuan, President of China Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump look on from the South Portico of the White House during a Silent Drill Platoon Review on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting President Xi for a three-day state visit to Washington, DC where the leaders are expected to discuss trade practices, artificial intelligence and furthering "strategic stability" between their countries. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan (L) and US First Lady Melania Trump during a visit to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2026. President Xi and his wife are on a State visit to the United States from September 23 to 25. (Photo by Finn Gomez / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: Children holds American and Chinese flags as U.S. first lady Melania Trump and first lady of China Peng Liyuan visit to the Smithsonian’s National Museum Of Asian Art on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. The museum houses over 45,000 works spanning thousands of years of Asian heritage. The White House is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan for a three-day state visit to Washington, DC where the leaders are expected to discuss trade practices, artificial intelligence and furthering “strategic stability” between their countries.  (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)