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Trump asked China's Xi Jinping if he'd 'like to buy' American weapons, US ambassador reveals
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- Sep 27, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC
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The U.S. ambassador to China says President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States
David Perdue said Trump raised the prospect of the arms sales, which would upend generations of U.S. policy toward China and expose U.S. technology to a potential foe.
David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island