Trump asked China’s president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says
David Perdue said Trump raised the idea during talks with Xi as the White House delayed a $14 billion Taiwan arms package.
- On Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Jinping about purchasing American weapons during their three-day Washington summit, United States Ambassador to China David Perdue disclosed.
- Following a May summit in Beijing, the administration paused a roughly $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, with Trump describing such sales as a "very good negotiating chip" with China.
- Defending the President, Perdue stated Trump "is as strong on Taiwan as I've ever seen anybody," while Taiwan faces mounting military pressure from China and critical need for defense equipment.
- Taiwan Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi said on Sunday that Washington "very much" understands Taiwan's defense requirements, and Taipei maintains continuous communication with United States officials regarding the pending package.
- Guided by the Taiwan Relations Act and the "One China" policy, Washington opposes both Taiwanese independence and coercion, though the recent summit concluded without a major breakthrough on Taiwan.
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Great Yorkshire RadioTrump asked China's president if he wanted to buy US weapons, says ambassador
China is widely seen as the main military rival to the US, while there has been concern among American politicians over delays to weapons orders to Taiwan.
US President Donald Trump offered Xi Jinping to sell US weapons to China. It was the US ambassador to Pekin, David Perdue, who confirmed it to Fox News without specifying when this conversation took place. Following the massacres in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, the European Union and the United States had imposed an embargo on the sale of arms to China.
US President Donald Trump asked the Chinese president if he wanted to buy any weapons, US Ambassador to China David Perdue told Fox News on Sunday. The White House subsequently issued a statement saying the United States has no plans to sell weapons to China.
Trump offered to sell arms to Xi: US ambassador to Fox News
US President Donald Trump offered to sell arms to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in response to concern over weapons sales to Taiwan, the US ambassador to China said in a Fox News interview that aired Sunday. US arms sales to the self-ruled island, which China claims is part of its territory and has threatened to seize by […]
In principle, Washington adheres to its previous Taiwan policy: The US does not maintain diplomatic relations with China as apostate, but considers its self-defense capability important and supplies weapons. The White House, however, most recently delayed arms deliveries and export permits. Now President Donald Trump apparently also offered China weapons.
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