White House Releases Very Brief Readout of Trump Call With Xi Jinping
The recent statement released by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on North Korea was very notable for how terse it was, and now another very brief statement from the White House has gotten some attention on Twitter.
Below is the entirety of the White House readout of President Trump‘s call with Chinese President Xi Jinping:
Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Xi Jinping of China⤵️ pic.twitter.com/XrejZiO0wk
— Dan Scavino Jr. (@Scavino45) April 12, 2017
“It was a very productive call.” Yes, that’s it.
Twitter was very taken aback by that:
This might be the least informative White House readout of all time. pic.twitter.com/qWUCx2x0DM
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 12, 2017
Here, side by side, is the information provided by the American president and the Chinese president about the same phone call. pic.twitter.com/vvWcR1t5Yh
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 12, 2017
1. Call happened
2. Things were discussed
3. Bigly https://t.co/eMvLxl1oyc— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) April 12, 2017
“It was a very productive call.” Shortest readout of a presidential call with a foreign leader I can ever remember. pic.twitter.com/uXViJZVK1h
— Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) April 12, 2017
Chinese media reported last night that Xi called Trump to discuss N. Korea.
More than 12 hrs later, this is the W.H. readout on the call: pic.twitter.com/5ybvHCMAVa
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 12, 2017
“It was a very productive call”
… that’s it? that’s the readout? pic.twitter.com/UJwCGNs4b5
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 12, 2017
For reference, the U.S. readout of a call between Trump and President Xi in February did provide some detail on the topics of discussion.
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