                                        {"id":1126,"date":"2026-06-03T11:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:47:14","slug":"trump-says-chinas-xi-marveled-at-how-the-us-became-hottest-country-in-the-world-he-looks-up-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1126","title":{"rendered":"Trump says China\u2019s Xi marveled at how the US became \u2018hottest country\u2019 in the world: \u2018He looks up to us\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Chinese leader Xi Jinping expressed deep respect for the job President Trump has done in his second term, the commander-in-chief told \u201cPod Force One\u201d in the latest episode out Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1124\">Exclusive | Trump doesn\u2019t rule out tapping DeSantis as his attorney general: \u2018Ron\u2019s very good\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday you have the hottest country anywhere in the world, the most successful country anywhere in the world,\u201d the president boasted in an interview with The Post\u2019s Miranda Devine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody, even President Xi, I was with him in China \u2013 he looks up to us,\u201d Trump said of his visit to Beijing last month.<\/p>\n<p>Trump publicly heaped praise on Xi throughout his historic three-day visit to China last month, and the Chinese leader was apparently just as effusive in his private meetings with the 47th president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Every week<\/em>, <strong><em>Post columnist Miranda Devine sits down for exclusive and candid conversations with the most influential disruptors in Washington on \u2018Pod Force One.\u2019 Subscribe here!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<iframe allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\" class=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/e1f613d59ffd9cd7d76ab71b596e3706\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe had a great visit,\u201d Trump said of the summit. \u201cBut Xi has great respect for what I did. He said, \u2018You\u2019ve done it so fast. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1122\">Exclusive | Trump tells \u2018Pod Force One\u2019 Graham\u00a0Platner is a \u2018major sleaze bag,\u2019 but James Talarico is worse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve taken something that was in deep trouble, and I\u2019ve made us the hottest country anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s comments echo a post he made on Truth Social at the start of the trip where he argued Xi viewed the US as a \u201cdeclining nation\u201d under former President Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cTwo years ago, we were, in fact, a Nation in decline. On that, I fully agree with President Xi! But now, the United States is the hottest Nation anywhere in the world, and hopefully our relationship with China will be stronger and better than ever before!\u201d Trump wrote last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When The Post\u2019s Devine asked what he wants his legacy to be, Trump responded: \u201cThat I took our country and I made it great again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=1120\">Exclusive | Trump confirms he told Netanyahu he\u2019s \u2018f\u2013king crazy,\u2019 but they work well together as \u2018wartime president\u2019 and \u2018wartime prime minister\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese leader Xi Jinping expressed deep respect for the job President Trump has done in his second term during his visit to Beijing last month, the commander-in-chief told \u201cPod Force One\u201d Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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