{"id":10479,"date":"2026-09-24T18:58:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=10479"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:58:30","slug":"special-21-gun-salute-at-joint-base-andrews-as-trump-greets-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/09\/24\/special-21-gun-salute-at-joint-base-andrews-as-trump-greets-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Special 21-gun salute at Joint Base Andrews as Trump greets Xi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special 21-gun salute at Joint Base Andrews as Trump greets Xi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed him in person at the airport, where a 21-gun salute was fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 21-gun salute is among the highest military honors accorded to a visiting head of state, but is rarely rendered at an airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special arrangement underscores the significance of the visit and the exceptional welcome extended to the Chinese leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/vodpub6.v.news.cn\/yqfbzx-original\/20260924\/2026092480fd32dfbe10481fbc6b3fe08393bfec_XxjidwE000022_20260924_CBMFN0A001.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Produced by Xinhua Global Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special 21-gun salute at Joint Base Andrews as Trump greets Xi As Chinese President Xi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10480,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479\/revisions\/10480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}