Chinese leader Xi Jinping expressed deep respect for the job President Trump has done in his second term, the commander-in-chief told “Pod Force One” in the latest episode out Wednesday.
“Today you have the hottest country anywhere in the world, the most successful country anywhere in the world,” the president boasted in an interview with The Post’s Miranda Devine.
President Trump mentioned how Chinese President Xi Jinping respects his leadership since beginning his second term in an interview with The Post’s Miranda Devine.
President Trump speaks with The Post’s Miranda Devine for an exclusive interview.
“Everybody, even President Xi, I was with him in China – he looks up to us,” Trump said of his visit to Beijing last month.
Trump publicly heaped praise on Xi throughout his historic three-day visit to China last month, and the Chinese leader was apparently just as effusive in his private meetings with the 47th president.
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“We had a great visit,” Trump said of the summit. “But Xi has great respect for what I did. He said, ‘You’ve done it so fast. I’ve never seen anything like it.’”
“I’ve taken something that was in deep trouble, and I’ve made us the hottest country anywhere in the world.”
The president’s comments echo a post he made on Truth Social at the start of the trip where he argued Xi viewed the US as a “declining nation” under former President Joe Biden.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Trump spoke during the official visit. Getty Images
President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping during their state visit on May 14, 2026. via REUTERS
Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic gives a speech for the Friendship Medal of the People’s Republic of China. Tingshu Wang/Pool Reuters via AP“Two years ago, we were, in fact, a Nation in decline. On that, I fully agree with President Xi! But now, the United States is the hottest Nation anywhere in the world, and hopefully our relationship with China will be stronger and better than ever before!” Trump wrote last month.
When The Post’s Devine asked what he wants his legacy to be, Trump responded: “That I took our country and I made it great again.”
