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Trump denies offering to sell arms to China’s Xi
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- Sep 29, 2026, 1:46 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.
US President Donald Trump on Monday denied asking Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy American weapons, countering his own envoy's claim that Trump made...
When a reporter asked the US president if he offered to sell military hardware to Xi Jinping, as his ambassador claimed, he replied: “I never heard of that one.”