New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wants his cabinet to behave like that of Chinese President Xi Jinping's. He recounted his bilateral meeting with Xi last month and noted how the Chinese delegation was sitting "nice and straight."

Speaking at a breakfast meeting with Republican senators at the White House, Donald Trump said there were six officials on either side of Xi Jinping, and all of them were standing straight. "And every one of those people were standing like this," Trump said, with his arms behind his back and his chin up. "They were at attention."

Trump said that when he spoke to one of them, he did not get any response.

"I said, 'Are you gonna answer me?' I got no response. And President...