Trump Says Xis Declining Nation Reference Was About Biden-Era America

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) is greeted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on May 14 publicly agreed with Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s suggestion that the United States had become a “declining nation,” and made clear that Xi was describing the country Joe Biden left behind, not the one Trump now leads.“He was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, and on that score, he was 100 percent correct,” Trump wrote on Truth Social from Beijing, where the two leaders were holding a two-day summit.