Trump Departs China After 2-Day Talks With Xi

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before his departure from Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images​​President Donald Trump has concluded his two-day trip to China, spending the final day engaging in talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Chinese Communist Party’s headquarters in Beijing.Trump’s plane departed Beijing Capital International Airport at about 2:40 p.m. local time. Before his departure, Trump had tea and lunch with Xi and walked in the gardens of the Chinese regime’s Zhongnanhai compound.