Trump hails ‘friendship’ with China’s Xi before Syria attack

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017.Trump ordered a massive military strike against a Syria Thursday in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack they blame on President Bashar al-Assad. A US official said 59 precision guided missiles hit Shayrat Airfield in Syria, where Washington believes Tuesdays deadly attack was launched. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

PRESIDENT Donald Trump (pic) said he forged a friendship with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, striking a positive tone in the early hours of the first-ever meeting between leaders of the world’s two biggest economies.

“We had a long discussion already and so far I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing,” Trump joked on Thursday night at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida while dining with Xi, who arrived in the afternoon. “But we have developed a friendship. I can see that.”