{"id":670977,"date":"2026-09-19T12:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=670977"},"modified":"2026-09-19T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:21:20","slug":"hottest-ticket-in-town-americas-biggest-business-titans-score-tickets-for-xi-state-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=670977","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hottest ticket in town\u2019: America\u2019s biggest business titans score tickets for Xi state dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tech leaders are among those said to have secured the \u201chottest ticket in town\u201d as the race for AI dominance added to the backdrop of an upcoming state dinner.<\/p>\n

For the first time since then-President Barack Obama\u2019s administration, Chinese President Xi Jinping is slated to arrive in Washington, D.C. for some red carpet treatment. Having previously journeyed with President Donald Trump to the East on a diplomatic trip in May, Elon Musk and now-former Apple CEO Tim Cook are just a few executives who\u2019ve secured a \u201cvery limited number of seats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting on the dinner scheduled for Thursday, September 24, the New York Post detailed<\/a> that along with Musk and Cook, the guest list included OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA President Jensen Huang, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser and Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: Elon Musk will reportedly attend President Trump\u2019s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24.<\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang, Michael Dell and Sundar Pichai are also expected to attend. pic.twitter.com\/zSX8XjmBLg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) September 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of those, Fraser and Huang had been with Musk and Cook at the Chinese State Banquet hosted by Xi when Trump visited China in May. As has been the case before, the world\u2019s richest man and first recorded trillionaire \u2014 albeit briefly \u2014 drew considerable attention<\/a> for his lack of pretension.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe formal dinner is the hottest ticket in town,\u201d a senior administration official told the Post while commenting on the \u201cvery limited number of seats.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis dinner is a big one, as China is the biggest of them all, and they all want a place at the table,\u201d continued the official.<\/p>\n

Attesting to the gravitas of the summit, while other visiting dignitaries have been met by the president at the White House, Reuters reported<\/a> that Trump is expected to greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews when the communist leader arrives at the military air base.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grandeur of this three-day event reflects the importance of our bilateral relationship and the strategic issues impacting our two countries and the world,\u201d State Department chief of protocol Monica Crowley told the Post.<\/p>\n

On strategy, the chief executive spoke to the inclusion of CEOs on his China visit earlier this year during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose business people are here to make deals and to bring back jobs,\u201d Trump explained,<\/a> as during his second administration he\u2019s touted trillions of dollars worth of investments pouring into the United States from abroad. \u201cChina\u2019s going to invest hundreds of billions of dollars with those people that were in that room today. That\u2019s why they came.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commenting further on the planning of the dinner, Crowley said, \u201cEvery detail has been thoughtfully curated by the President and First Lady, who are incredibly gracious hosts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey anticipate a highly successful visit, grounded in exceptional American hospitality,\u201d she went on, adding that they \u201clook forward to welcoming President Xi and Madame Peng to the United States of America for their first State Visit in 11 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tech leaders are among those said to have secured the \u201chottest ticket in town\u201d as the race for AI dominance added to the backdrop of an upcoming state dinner. For the first time since then-President Barack Obama\u2019s administration, Chinese President Xi Jinping is slated to arrive in Washington, D.C. for some red carpet treatment. Having… Continue reading \u2018Hottest ticket in town\u2019: America\u2019s biggest business titans score tickets for Xi state dinner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":670978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-670977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=670977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/670978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=670977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=670977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=670977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}