The US Army Herald Trumpets perform as the car carrying China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrives at the North Portico of the White House ahead of a State Dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2026. President Xi is on a State visit to the United States from September 23 to 25. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)