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'Would like to buy some?': Trump offered Xi US weapons as Washington sought to downplay Taiwan arms sale
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- Sep 28, 2026, 3:15 AM 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.
The alleged offer speaks to a remarkable combination of incoherence and incompetence.
Al Jazeera frames Trump’s remark as a mercenary policy deviation, while US outlets mainly treat it as denial and clarification.