Trump Says US is 'Hottest Country' in the World, Claims Xi Expressed Admiration

(Washington Combined) US President Donald Trump, in an interview aired on Wednesday, said that since returning to the White House, he has led the United States to become the 'hottest' country in the world, and stated that Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed high respect for this. Trump, in an interview with Miranda Devine, host of the New York Post's podcast 'Pod Force One', said that the US is now 'the hottest, most successful country in the world.' Trump mentioned that during his visit to China in May, 'everyone, even President Xi... he admired us.' Trump said the Beijing trip was a great success and that Xi 'really admired what I'm doing. He said, 'You did it so fast. I've never seen anything like it.'' Trump further stated that when he was re-elected president, he took over a country 'in deep trouble,' but he has successfully made the US 'the hottest country in the world.' Trump's comments echoed a post he made on his social media platform, Truth Social, during his visit to China in May. At that time, he wrote that Xi believed the US was a 'country in decline' under his predecessor Joe Biden, but 'now the US is the hottest country in the world.'