Story highlights Trump once said he'd feed Xi a Big MacThey are instead dining at Mar-a-LagoPalm Beach (CNN) Hold the Big Mac, pass the steak. President Donald Trump won't be subjecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to a meal catered by the local McDonald's here on Thursday night as the two leaders sit down for their first dinner together, despite a threat he made early in his presidential campaign to do just that. "I would not be throwing him a dinner. "I would give him a very -- yeah, but I would give him a double, probably a double size Big Mac," Trump added, upping the offer. Trump argued then that the Chinese president should not enjoy a lavish sit-down dinner with the US president because "they want our people to starve."

Source: CNN April 07, 2017 00:00 UTC