US Officials Deny There Are Plans to Sell Weapons to China
The State Department said U.S. law bars arms sales to China as Trump distanced himself from a reported offer to Xi Jinping.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump denied asking Chinese President Jinping to buy U.S. weapons, contradicting Ambassador David Perdue's account of the proposal made during last week's summit.
- Perdue told "Fox News Sunday" that Trump asked Jinping to purchase U.S. weaponry, a proposal that would upend generations of policy on China and Taiwan, where such sales have not occurred since the 1980s.
- The State Department distanced the administration from the remarks on Monday, stating "U.S. law prohibits arms sales to China," while the United States had previously paused a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan.
- Evan Sankey of the Cato Institute said the offer "speaks to treatment of China in almost exclusively commercial terms," while Craig Singleton of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies called it a "revealing window into Trump's transactional worldview."
- These contradictions underline an uncoordinated approach to China following Jinping's state visit to Washington last week; Beijing's foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun did not confirm the remarks, emphasizing China's commitment to strengthening its own national defense.
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According to a diplomat, the US president offered US weapons to President Xi Jinping. Trump says that he has "never heard of it before".
Trump Denies Offering To Sell Weapons To Xi
The Hill reports: President Trump on Monday denied talking about selling U.S. weapons with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but added that China would “probably like to buy it.” Trump took questions from reporters about his recent meeting with Xi and was asked about U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue’s remark on Sunday that Trump proposed … The post Trump Denies Offering To Sell Weapons To Xi appeared first on Joe.My.God..
After the Chinese President's visit to the US, the US Ambassador to Beijing claims incredible things: US President Trump offered his counterpart Xi the purchase of weapons. A spokesman for the US government is now clearly denied.
U.S. President Donald Trump denies that he would have proposed to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to buy weapons from the U.S., contradicting U.S. Ambassador David Perdue's statements in Beijing. Trump said, however, that Beijing "probably would like to buy American weapons, claiming that the U.S. manufactures "equipments better than China," notes AFP and Agerpres.
US president says Ambassador David Perdue may have referred to Taiwan discussions
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