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'Mind-blowing': Trump immediately rebuked for 'special treat' offer at state dinner

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President Donald Trump offered a special surprise for visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday: a tour of the construction site where he is building his controversial White House ballroom project . "If I could go off script just for a second — as a special treat in honor of President Xi, I'd like to invite everyone in the room to visit through that beautiful curtain in the back," said Trump. "It's one year away from completion — the new ballroom that you've heard about… So in honor of you, you'll be the first people to step foot on that. This is in honor of President Xi." This offer was swiftly buried in mockery from commenters on social media. "Of the security bunker? Seems suboptimal," wrote Reuters reporter Charlie Syzmanski. "Oh sure, show our greatest geopolitical foe your Fuhrerbunker," wrote Jim Stewartson of Mind War. "What could go wrong. Absolutely mind blowing." "Guided tour of the super secure and classified military ballroom for officials of a foreign unfriendly n