# Late-Night Hosts Mock Trump's China Meeting

> Late-night hosts mocked Trump's China meeting with Xi over pandas and helipads.
- Title: Late-Night Hosts Mock Trump's China Meeting · Rolling Stone
- Summary: Late-night hosts mocked Trump's China meeting with Xi over pandas and helipads. Late-night hosts criticized Trump's China meeting by joking about pandas and…
- Keywords: jimmy kimmel, jimmy fallon, seth meyers, donald trump, xi jinping, pandas, helipad, white house, late night, tonight show, jimmy kimmel live, us china
- Source: Rolling Stone — https://rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/late-night-hosts-donald-trump-president-xi-meeting-1235631641
- Author: Emily Zemler
- Published: 2026-09-25T07:13:49+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: jimmy kimmel, jimmy fallon, seth meyers, donald trump, xi jinping, pandas, helipad, white house, late night, tonight show, jimmy kimmel live, us china
## Late-night hosts target Trump's China meeting
Late-night hosts focused efforts on Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping this week.
## Jimmy Kimmel jokes about Trump's gold paint
Jimmy Kimmel quipped Trump showed President Xi his half-built ballroom and gold paint.

> My nine year old had a friend over to the house for the first time this weekend and he wanted to show him all his stuff, his Legos, his video games, his bunk beds, everything. And this is exactly what Trump did today. He dragged President Xi around the show, showing him all the insane gold paint he put on the walls. He showed him his half-built ballroom.
## Kimmel calls panda gift a bad idea
Kimmel said sending pandas to the U.S. was a very bad idea.

> very bad idea
## Fallon mocks Trump's panda joke
Fallon joked Trump would send raccoon Jimothy as panda gift.

> The menu for tonight’s dinner included sesame-crusted sea bass, braised baby bok choy, roasted garden eggplant, and two Big Mac with large fries and a diet coke
## Meyers criticizes Trump's helipad focus
Meyers noted Trump cared more about helipad than meeting details.

> care about the issues or the details of the meetings
## Trump's helipad joke sparks White House frustration
Meyers joked Trump made service members roll out red carpet for Xi.

> Fuck. He figured out carpet. We wanted one of those for like 30 years. Ah Obama, why couldn’t you figure that out you dummy?
## Key takeaway

Late-night hosts criticized Trump's China meeting by joking about pandas and helipads.