Fact Check: Trump DIDN'T peek into Xi Jinping's private notebook

Key points

• US President Donald Trump wrapped up his two-day state visit to Beijing on May 15. Both he and Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the summit for improving bilateral ties, though no breakthroughs were announced.
• A video now going viral purports to show Trump taking a sneak peek at Xi Jinping’s "private notebook" during the summit.
• Sharing the video, an X user wrote, "Trump caught sneaking a peek at Xi Jinping’s private notebook during a Beijing banquet while Xi stepped away!" Its archive can be viewed here- archive/a3Wkg.
• Read Full Story But is that what happened?
• Let’s break this down We found a longer version of the video shared by NBC News on May 14. It was the state banquet held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.