President Donald Trump may have to take a hard line politically with Xi Jinping during the state visit – but he’s pulling out all the stops to charm the Chinese president.
Arabella Kushner, 15, the daughter of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, was prominently front and center as the Chinese leader arrived at the White House on Thursday for highly anticipated formal talks.
And the decision to thrust the impeccably-dressed teenager into Xi’s orbit was likely intentional. Arabella speaks fluent Mandarin.
Nearly a decade ago, during Trump’s 2017 visit to Beijing, he showed Xi a video of baby-faced Arabella, wearing a traditional Chinese-style silk dress, singing and reciting
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