Donald Trump denied that he had ever offered to sell American weapons to Chinese President Xi Jinping, responding to a claim made by the U.S. ambassador to Beijing, David Purdue, on Monday.
When reporters asked about the ambassador’s remarks, Trump said in the Oval Office, “I’ve never heard of that one.” He added that while China might be interested in buying U.S. equipment because it is “better than them,” the two sides had not discussed such a sale.
The ambassador’s statement was reported by AFP and first appeared on Vanguard News. Trump’s comments were made in the context of a broader diplomatic exchange between the United States and China, but he insisted no such discussion had taken place.
<small>Source: Vanguard News — read the original story there.</small>
