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Trump Opens Black Folder at Beijing Dinner, Video Goes Viral

5/16/2026

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Summary

Story summary

A video from the Beijing state dinner showed U.S. President Donald Trump opening his own black folder, which fact-checkers confirmed belonged to him by the U.S. presidential seal.
The clip posted on X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook drew between 490,000 and 2.4 million views per platform.
Trump’s three-day visit, the first by a sitting U.S. president in a decade, came amid the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran and rising U.S.–China tensions.

History

Historical Context

On May 7 1999, a U.S. B-2 bomber mistakenly struck the Chinese embassy in Belgrade during NATO’s Kosovo campaign, killing three Chinese journalists and sparking nationwide protests that forced the closure of U.S. consulates in China. The incident led to a $28 million U.S. compensation settlement and a lasting diplomatic chill that resurfaced during Donald Trump’s 2024 state-dinner with China.

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Story summary

A video from the Beijing state dinner showed U.S. President Donald Trump opening his own black folder, which fact-checkers confirmed belonged to him by the U.S. presidential seal.
The clip posted on X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook drew between 490,000 and 2.4 million views per platform.
Trump’s three-day visit, the first by a sitting U.S. president in a decade, came amid the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran and rising U.S.–China tensions.

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