Fox Host Heaps Praise on Trump Over Red Carpet Rollout for China’s Xi: ‘The President Is a Hospitality Person First’

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade applauded President Donald Trump over his red-carpet treatment of Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday, saying Trump is a “hospitality person first” who works to “make people feel good when they come to visit.”

On Thursday morning’s Fox & Friends, Kilmeade said he supported Trump’s personal welcome of Xi at Joint Base Andrews, citing the commander in chief’s background in business and hospitality.

“I am not against meeting with China, the pomp and circumstances, red carpet — this is what the president does,” Kilmeade said. “The president is a business guy. ‘Diplomatically, that’s not what Kissinger would do.’ Doesn’t matter. The president is a hospitality person first.”

He added: “He wants everyone who comes to this country or comes to one of his clubs to get A-plus treatment. That’s just the way he does it, and nobody does it better. So get over it. He’s an unorthodox president, and he’s gonna make people feel good when they come to visit.”

Not everyone has shared the sentiment.

MeidasTouch editor-in-chief Ron Filipowski called the visual of U.S. service members on their hands and knees wiping off the red carpet “a perfect metaphor for where we are with Trump.”

And The Bulwark’s Tim Miller commented, “Another red carpet greeting for a dictator.”

Even Trump-aligned MAGA influencer Laura Loomer questioned the event for Xi, saying in part, “A red carpet for a communist dictator who is giving satellite imagery to Iran to target and kill American service members fighting in the war with Iran.”

Xi is in town for a three-day visit, his first trip to Washington since 2015.

On Thursday night, Trump will host a state dinner for the Chinese leader, with major AI industry figures slated to attend, including Elon Musk and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg.

Watch above via Fox News.

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