Tu Gang, a commuter who uses the Xidan West underpass to get to work, said he was happy to see the new look.
Tsetan Drolkar, 40, a restaurant owner in the city, said her business boomed last month, and she was excited about taking part in family reunions during the holiday period.
Trump expressed optimism that he can make a deal with Kim on Saturday, saying in a tweet that he is "with Kim" and believed the DPRK leader will do nothing to interfere with or end "the great economic potential" of his country.
Trump traveled to Otay Mesa, a community in San Diego, to view the construction of a 30-foot-high (9-meter-high) steel and concrete barrier that is replacing existing border fencing. Trump said the wall goes deep into the ground, making it difficult to tunnel underneath, and is topped with heat-absorbing material to deter climbers.
Trump has repeatedly said during his two years in office that he would close the US border with Mexico. His latest threat had workers and students who frequently cross the border worried about the potential disruption to their lives.
Trump has been trying to pin the shutdown on the Democrats, while the latter has been firing back. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a joint statement that the president "threw a temper tantrum" and convinced House Republicans to push the nation into a "destructive Trump shutdown" in the middle of the holiday season.
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Trump last spoke at Gettysburg in October 2016, weeks prior to the 2016 general election.
Trump has said the partial shutdown, which began Dec 22, will last "as long as it takes" to get the funding he wants.
Trump predicted Tuesday that Iranians would someday "want to make a new and lasting deal" and that "when they do, I am ready, willing and able."He added that a new deal could lead to the "peace and stability we all want in the Middle East."Trump was speaking from the White House when he denounced the previous Iran deal as "defective at its core."Despite lobbying from European allies, Trump moved forward with his campaign promise to pull out of the President Barack Obama-era agreement.
Trump announced on Feb 8 that his second meeting with Kim would take place in Hanoi on Feb 27-28. He met with Kim for the first time in Singapore in June 2018 resulting in improved US-DPRK relations.