Taking to Truth Social, Trump stated that he has “always liked” the Chinese president but added that Jinping is “extremely hard to make a deal with.”
President Donald Trump spoke with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Wednesday amid the ongoing tariff row between the two nations. This phone call marked the the first direct interaction between the two leaders since Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcement.
US President Donald Trump with China’s President Xi Jinping (Reuters)
Taking to Truth Social, Trump stated that he has “always liked” the Chinese president but added that Jinping is “extremely hard to make a deal with.”
“I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!,” Trump posted on Wednesday on his social media site Truth Social.
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