Donald Trump has attempted to set the record straight after a comment from Xi Jinping that could land the US President in hot water.<\/p>\n
During the high-stakes bilateral trip, Chinese President Xi Jinping referred to the US as \u201cperhaps a declining nation\u201d.<\/p>\n
The carefully-worded insult is consistent with what Chinese officials have been saying for some time as China continues to challenge the US for global dominance.<\/p>\n
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By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n During Mr Xi\u2019s remarks before his closed-door meeting with Mr Trump, he also questioned whether the two countries could avoid the trap of war as China\u2019s global influence increases.<\/p>\n Making his first statement on Truth Social, Mr Trump attempted to downplay Mr Xi\u2019s insult, while trying to push the blame for the US\u2019s shrinking global image away from himself.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen President Xi very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation, he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, and on that score, he was 100 per cent correct,\u201d Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur country suffered immeasurably with open borders, high taxes, transgender for everybody, men in women\u2019s sports, DEI, horrible trade deals, rampant crime, and so much more!<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Xi was not referring to the incredible rise that the United States has displayed to the world during the 16 spectacular months of the Trump administration, which includes all-time high stock markets and 401Ks, military victory and thriving relationship in Venezuela, the military decimation of Iran (to be continued!) \u2014 Strongest military on earth by far, economic powerhouse again, with a record 18 trillion dollars being invested into the United States by others, best U.S. job market in history, with more people working in the United States right now than ever before, ending country destroying DEI, and so many other things that it would be impossible to readily list,\u201d he added, talking up his second time as US President despite plummeting approval ratings.<\/p>\n Then, Mr Trump revealed that Mr Xi was actually complimentary of the US President\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n \u201cIn fact, President Xi congratulated me on so many tremendous successes in such a short period of time,\u201d Mr Trump said.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo years ago, we were, in fact, a nation in decline. On that, I fully agree with President Xi!\u201d<\/p>\n Although Mr Trump said he agreed with Mr Xi in part, he said now, the US was the \u201chottest\u201d country.<\/p>\n \u201cBut now, the United States is the hottest nation anywhere in the world, and hopefully our relationship with China will be stronger and better than ever before!\u201d<\/p>\n Taiwan<\/p>\n Mr Trump\u2019s visit comes at a time of fragile global security.<\/p>\n Although the Trump administration say they \u201cwon\u201d in Iran despite there still being no lasting peace deal, and with the Strait of Hormuz remaining closed off.<\/p>\n The US displayed incredible military might in Mr Trump\u2019s war against Iran, however, it has left many experts questioning if it was a failed example of US global dominance.<\/p>\n China\u2019s eyes appear set on Taiwan and potentially soon, with the potential for war keeping experts and global leaders on edge.<\/p>\n A US arms package sale that reportedly infuriated Beijing is understood to have been discussed behind closed doors.<\/p>\n Interesting, on this trip, Mr Trump has brought along chief executives from Nvidia and Apple, some of the biggest chip players in the world.<\/p>\n Where are those chips made? Taiwan.<\/p>\n If China commenced a forceful reunification against Taiwan, it would test leaders worldwide.<\/p>\n China told the US that interference with Taiwan would create a \u201cvery dangerous situation\u201d.<\/p>\n Other officials in recent weeks have said days of Taiwan\u2019s independence are numbered.<\/p>\n If China moved on Taiwan and the US steered clear of entering the conflict, it would likely affect choices made by other countries.<\/p>\n So far, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US has not changed its position on Taiwan. However, if they are willing to defend it remains unclear.<\/p>\n Mr Trump will have lunch with President Xi on Friday.<\/p>\n Announcements from that, or other bilateral talks behind the scenes, are not expected, with neither party making joint statements so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump has attempted to set the record straight after a comment from Xi Jinping that could land…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,111,21,19,22,20,25,30094,24,4477],"class_list":["post-644033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-politics","tag-usa","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}