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Trump Gave Xi His Go-To Gift: A Bald Eagle Statue

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. New York Times World and BBC News Asia are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 25 Sept 2026, 03:00 UTC. 5 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Trump Gave Xi His Go-To Gift: A Bald Eagle Statue”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The president has often reached for statues of the national bird on diplomatic occasions in his second term. (Ronald Reagan favored them, too.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by BBC News Asia
Why Trump gave Xi an ornate bald eagle statue at the state dinner
- Picked up by New York Times World
- New development reported by New York Times World
You Get an Eagle, and You Get an Eagle: Xi Gets Trump’s Go-To Gift
- Picked up by New York Times World
You Get an Eagle, and You Get an Eagle: Xi Accepts Trump’s Go-To Gift
- Picked up by New York Times World
You Get an Eagle, and You Get an Eagle: Xi Takes Home Trump’s Go-To Gift
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