"We're going to listen in right now as we see them on that red carpet meeting face to face and shaking hands. Let's listen and watch. So, Kristen, as we're watching these images of President Trump walking down this rope line of what looks like Chinese dignitaries, one thing I am noticing, and I wonder if you have some insights into this, is that, there's it does not appear to be any maybe or many Western press in close proximity to the president right now. Is that your understanding of what's happening in this moment?"
"There is a small presence that is in that great hall. The press pool that traveled with the White House was given an option, or at least some of us were given an option, to go there. There are increased rules, obviously, in China when it comes to the press. And for a lot of us, it was not going to be possible for us to actually broadcast from that location in real time, which is why there aren't a lot of networks there. Remember, the U.S. press pool is has been credentialed by the White House and by China, essentially told by the White House that these are the people traveling with the president. So you'll see some of them on the ground there. It is a handful of people but, you know, it is a small footp"
Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing with visible pomp and circumstance that impressed him. CNN coverage focused on the leaders’ face-to-face greeting and handshakes as they walked into the Great Hall of the People. Commentators noted Trump’s body language and suggested he appeared to dote on Xi. The coverage also observed that few Western media were close to Trump during the moment. Kristen Holmes explained that China’s press rules increased restrictions, and real-time broadcasting from the location was not feasible for many networks. The White House press pool had been credentialed and identified as traveling with the president, resulting in only a small number of media present on the ground.
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