Trump showed Xi an autopen image in the White House
While walking through the White House’s Presidential Walk of Fame on the way to their summit, Donald Trump pointed out an image of an autopen and identified it with Joe Biden; Xi Jinping laughed. The moment drew on Trump’s recurring allegations about Biden and the use of autopens, which Biden denies.
Key points
- Trump used the image to associate Biden with an autopen, and Xi laughed at the exchange.
Evidence · 2 source statements
- Yonhap interpreted the display as an effort to emphasize Trump’s allegations about Biden and mock him.
Evidence · 1 source statement
Who's involved
Donald Trump
He showed Xi the image and has made the allegations it invoked.
Trump has maintained that Biden experienced cognitive decline and that important documents signed during Biden’s term were signed using an autopen.
What they said · 1 source statement
Joe Biden
The image and Trump’s allegations targeted him.
Biden denies that important documents signed during his term were signed using an autopen.
What they said · 1 source statement
What was reported
- The White House posted video of the US and Chinese leaders viewing the Presidential Walk of Fame as they headed to the summit venue.
One source: Yonhap News Agency
Evidence · 1 source statement
- Trump identified the displayed autopen as Biden’s. Another account quotes him naming himself, an autopen and Biden in connection with the image.
Reported independently by 2: Clarín, Yonhap News Agency
Evidence · 2 source statements
- Xi laughed after Trump spoke, and Trump lightly tapped Xi’s arm.
One source: Yonhap News Agency
Evidence · 1 source statement
- Clarín reported that an inscription beneath Biden’s portrait called him the worst president in US history.
One source: Clarín
Evidence · 1 source statement
Still unclear
- Xi’s reason for laughing is not stated.
Not heard from
- Xi Jinping — He was present and laughed, but no statement from him about the image or the exchange appears.
Sources
| Xi se ríe cuando Trump le muestra foto de Biden sustituido por un bolígrafo automático | Clarín |
| [미중정상회담] 시진핑, 트럼프 '바이든 오토펜' 농담에 너털웃음 | Yonhap News Agency |
| 손녀·헬기장·전략폭격기 총동원…트럼프, 시진핑에 ‘극진한 환대’ | The Hankyoreh |