It's not that I am opposed to the US President hosting the Chinese leader, geopolitics is geopolitics!, but does anyone in our politics and media ever stop to think how weird and lopsided all our conversations about human rights and terrorism and dictators are - here is the US president, along with top US tech and media figures, having a celebratory grand state dinner with the brutal dictator of a foreign adversary that the US government has accused of engaging in genocide. And no one thinks this is abnormal or weird or offensive in the slightest.
Meanwhile, the mere statements of California Twitch streamers or Democratic Congressional candidates about Yemen or Iran are pored over by an outraged media.
And this, below, is NORMAL.
Here is the full guest list for the State Dinner for China, categorized…
This is taken directly from the White House email sent to reporters.
CHINA STATE DINNER: INVITED GUESTS
September 24, 2026
CEOs AND BUSINESS LEADERS
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA, CEO
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, CEO
Dr. Lisa Su, Advanced Micro Devices, CEO
Tim Cook, Chairman of the Board of Apple
John F.W. Rogers, Goldman Sachs EVP and Secretary to the Board
Lynn Martin, President of the NYSE
Eric Yuan, Zoom, CEO
Kelly Ortberg, Boeing, CEO
Larry Fink, Blackrock, CEO
Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone, CEO
Sam Altman, OpenAI, CEO
Greg Brockman, OpenAI, President & Co-Founder
Dr. Miriam Adelson, Las Vegas Sand, Controlling Shareholder
Sergey Brin, Google/Alphabet, Co-Founder
Satya Nadella, Microsoft, Chairman & CEO
Jim Taiclet, Lockheed Martin, Chairman, President & CEO
Sundar Pichai, Google, CEO
Larry Culp, GE Aerospace, CEO
Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron, CEO
Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm, CEO
Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Chairman
Jeff Yass, TikTok
Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan, CEO
Michael Dell, Dell, CEO
Mary Barra, General Motors, CEO
David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, CEO
Jane Fraser, Citi, CEO
Elon Musk, SpaceX & Tesla, CEO
Darren Woods, ExxonMobil, CEO
David Ellison, Paramount Skydance, CEO
Brad Gerstner, Altimeter, CEO
Albert Bourla, Pfizer, CEO
Bernard Arnault, LVMH, CEO
Ryan McInerey, Visa, CEO
Michael Miebach, Mastercard, CEO
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND COURTS
President Donald J. Trump
Vice President JD Vance
Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
Ambassador Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative
Chief Justice John Roberts, Chief Supreme Court Justice
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Justice
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Justice
Speaker Mike Johnson, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana
Representative Richard McCormick, United States House of Representatives, Georgia
Kevin Warsh, Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Secretary Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce
Director John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to Middle East
Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, Assistant to the President
Dan Scavino, Deputy Chief of Staff, Assistant to the President
Attorney General Todd Blanche, Attorney General of the United States
Secretary Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health & Human Services
Secretary Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education
Secretary Doug Burgum, Secretary of Interior
Secretary Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation
Director Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management & Budget
Administrator Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling, Acting Secretary of Labor
David Sacks, Co-chair, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Administrator Kelly Loeffler, Small Business Administrator
Representative Jason Smith, United States House of Representatives, Missouri
Senator Steven Daines, United States Senator, Montana
General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Director Jay Clayton, Director of Office of the Director of National Intelligence
CHINESE DELEGATION
President Xi Jinping
Madame Peng Liyuan
Cai Qi, CPC Political Bureau Standing Committee Member, Chief of Staff to President Xi
Wang Yi, CPC Political Bureau Central Committee Member
He Lifeng, CPC Political Bureau Central Committee, Vice Premier of State Council
Zheng Shanjie, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission
Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce
Ma Zhaoxu, Executive Vice Foreign Minister
Ambassador Xie Feng, Chinese Ambassador to the United States
Tang Fangyu Director, Central Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee
Minister of Finance Mr. Lan Fo'an
Mme. Wang Dan, Wife of Ambassador Xie Feng
Zhou Hongxu Deputy Director, General Office of the CPC Central Committee Director, Central Security Bureau
Lyu Luhua, Secretary to the President
Hong Lei, Assistant Foreign Minister Director General, Protocol Department
Cai Wei, Assistant Foreign Minister Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs
Mao Ning, Director General, Department of Press, Communication and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Zhang Quan, Secretary to Madame Peng
Zhang Yongchao, Deputy Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MEDIA
Bret Baier, FOX News, American Journalist and Host
Laura Ingraham, FOX News, American Television Presenter
Jesse Waters, FOX News Host
EDUCATION AND OTHER GUESTS
Linda Mills, President of New York University
Meredith O’Rourke, The O’Rourke Group
FAMILY MEMBERS AND PARTNERS
First Lady Melania Trump
Second Lady Usha Vance
Jeanette Rubio, Spouse of the Secretary of State
Bonnie Perdue, Spouse of the US Ambassador to China
John Freeman, Spouse of the Secretary of the Treasury
Marlo Greer, Spouse of Ambassador Greer
Ms. Ivanka Trump
Mr. Eric Trump
Ms. Lara Trump
Ms. Tiffany Trump
Mr. Michael Boulos
Mr. Viktor Knavs
Ms. Arabella Kushner
Lori Huang, Spouse of Jensen Huang
Daniel Lin, Spouse of Lisa Su
Anna Brockman, Wife of Greg Brockman
Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto, Partner of Sergey Brin
Lauren Sanchez-Bezos, Spouse of Jeff Bezos
Jane Sullivan Roberts, Chief Supreme Court Justice Spouse
Jesse Barrett, Supreme Court Justice Spouse
Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, Spouse of Supreme Court Justice
Kelly Johnson, Spouse of Speaker Mike Johnson
Amy Baier, Spouse of Brett Baier
Emma Waters, Spouse of Jesse Waters
Susan Dell, Spouse to Michael Dell
Jane Lauder, Spouse to Kevin Warsh
Allison Lutnick, Spouse to Secretary Lutnick
Michelle Ratcliffe, Spouse to Director Ratcliffe
Katie Miller, Spouse of Stephen Miller
Erin Scavino, Spouse to Dan Scavino
Kristine Blanche, Spouse to Attorney General Todd Blanche
Kathryn Burgum, Spouse to Secretary Burgum
Rachel Campos-Duffy, Spouse of Sean Duffy
Sangeeta Mehrota, Spouse of Sanjay Mehrotra
Anthony Barra, Spouse of Mary Barra
Kathy Woods, Spouse of Darren Woods
Jeff Sprecher, Spouse of Kelly Loeffler
Katie Simpson, Fiancé to Brad Gerstner
Alexandre Arnault, Son of Bernard Arnault
Sandra Lynn Ellison, Spouse of David Ellison
Cheryl Hines, Spouse of Secretary Kennedy