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Melania stays home while three female aides step-in to attend Trump | US | News

Melania stays home while three female aides step-in to attend Trump | US | News

Natalie Harp, Margo Martin, and Anna Kelly (Image: undefined) President Donald Trump is on day two of his visit to meet the Chinese leader, having brought a sizeable entourage along with him. The Republican president touched down in China on Wednesday for the three-day trip, which marks the first occasion a U.S. president has met with the Chinese leader since Trump’s last visit in 2017. Trump is seeking to strike political deals with Xi Jinping, including agreements to purchase more American food and aircraft. Melania is not accompanying her husband on the trip, despite having been by his side during that 2017 visit. In her place, he has brought a host of other personnel, including son Eric Trump, daughter-in-law Lara Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and several high-profile CEOs, amongst them Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk. Also travelling with him are three female aides, who tend to keep a relatively low profile. Anna Kelly, a White House spokeswoman; Natalie Harp, a close presidential aide; and Margo Martin, a communications adviser, are all …

‘Utterly reprehensible’ Kemi Badenoch destroys Starmer over China trip | Politics | News

‘Utterly reprehensible’ Kemi Badenoch destroys Starmer over China trip | Politics | News

Kemi Badenoch condemned Keir Starmer as “utterly reprehensible” in the House of Commons as the Prime Minister insisted his trip to China has made Britain “stronger”. Sir Keir’s insistence that his trip yielded dividends for Britain and the economy was torn apart by the Tory leader in a blistering performance, which saw her argue he had “come back with next to nothing”. Ms Badenoch blasted the Prime Minister’s four-day trip to Beijing, where he was seen meeting with the communist country’s most senior leaders. She told Sir Keir: “Let me be clear, it is not the PM engaging with China that we take issue with, what we are criticism is his supine and short-termist approach. I’m sure the PM means well, but his negotiating tactic has always been to give everything away in the hope people will be nice to him in return.” “Apart from the Labubu doll in his suitcase – and I hope he’s checked it for bugs – he has come back with next to nothing.” She highlighted the Prime Minister’s championing …