During a visit to the White House, President Donald Trump showed Chinese President Xi Jinping the presidential helipad and remarked that Xi “likes granite” and is an “expert on stone.”
“He likes granite. He’s an expert on stone,” Trump said after the tour, according to a Rolling Stone article.
The White House helipad is a key feature of the presidential compound, used for air transport and emergency evacuations. Granite, a durable igneous rock, is a common material in Washington’s historic buildings.
The comment was made in the context of the two leaders’ meeting in Washington, D.C., and was reported by the magazine.
Rolling Stone’s coverage of the visit highlighted the unusual detail of Trump’s observation about Xi’s taste for stone.
<small>Source: Rolling Stone — read the original story there.</small>
