First lady of China Peng Liyuan, right, and first lady Melania Trump, pose for a photo with choir students from the Hope Chinese School at the Smithsonian's National Museum Of Asian Art, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington.  (Finn Gomez/Pool Photo via AP)

Pro-Tibet independence protestors demonstrate near the U.S. Capitol while China's President Xi Jinping visits the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Pro-Tibet independence protestors demonstrate near the U.S. Capitol while China's President Xi Jinping visits the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Pro-Tibet independence protestors demonstrate near the U.S. Capitol while China's President Xi Jinping visits the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Pro-Tibet independence protestors demonstrate near the U.S. Capitol while China's President Xi Jinping visits the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Pro-Tibet independence protestors demonstrate near the U.S. Capitol while China's President Xi Jinping visits the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Marine One lifts off from the South Lawn of the White House after President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping toured the helicopter, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington, during a State Visit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Donald Trump, center right, first lady Melania Trump, right, China's President Xi Jinping, center left, and his wife Peng Liyuan watch a military review in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)