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Trump denies offering to sell U.S. arms to China at Xi summit
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- Sep 28, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC
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President Donald Trump contradicted a claim made by one of his ambassadors that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if Beijing wanted to buy U.S. weapons during last week’s meeting between the two world leaders.
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue had told Fox News on Sunday that Trump made the extraordinary offer to sell arms to the rival superpower.
Al Jazeera frames Trump’s remark as a mercenary policy deviation, while US outlets mainly treat it as denial and clarification.