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Trump denies ambassador Perdue's claim he offered to sell arms to ChinaAP and NYT detail Perdue's remarks and Taiwan context
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Outlets reported Perdue's exact wording — that Trump 'actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some, at one point' — while framing it against the pending $14 billion Taiwan arms package and warning the offer would upend generations of US policy.
“actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some, at one point”
David Perdue
Donald Trump US President
David Perdue US Ambassador to China
Xi Jinping Chinese President
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What was reported 3 claims about this development
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first by The Hindu, 1d ago · also Sky News, Baltimore Sun, Mercury News, Orlando Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe +4
3 more headlines
- Trump asked China's president if he wanted to buy US weapons, says ambassador Sky News · 23h ago
- Trump asked China’s president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says Baltimore Sun · 20h ago
- Trump Asked Xi In White House If China Wants To Buy American Weapons: Envoy NDTV · 20h ago
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first by timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 1d ago · also Times of India
1 more headline
- 'Would like to buy some?': Trump offered Xi US weapons as Taiwan deal hangs Times of India · 1d ago
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first by Associated Press, 1d ago
What people said 12 voices · verbatim
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WTF? Trump’s own Ambassador to China, David Perdue, admitted on Fox News yesterday that Trump personally offered to sell American weapons to Xi Jinping. It appears it was no mistake that China obtained sensitive US technology when F-35 parts including canopy & weapons bay door
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They don't have any need for US weapons lmao. They have massive state ran corporate espionage programs and more industrial power in one city metro than we have in like half of the US. As well as most of the world's refineries and rare earth processing. Look up Operation Shady Rat, they already have the blueprints of our f35 they got from a…
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U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he would like to buy American weapons, the United States' ambassador to Beijing revealed in an extraordinary development. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/ 28/asia-pacific/politics/trump-sell-weapons-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon # asiapacific # politics #…
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Xi referenced avoiding the Thucydides Trap (i.e. when a rising power goes to war with the ruling power) and I can imagine Trump did not have a clue what he was talking about. He probably thought he was talking about a honey trap which, I’m sure, Trump has been caught in many a time.
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Turns out, “He’s good at business” isn’t true. But even if it were, treating the presidency like a business venture is the fastest way to kill off the values that democracy needs to function. P.S. US law prohibits arms sales to China. https://www. nytimes.com/2026/09/27/us/poli tics/trump-weapons-sale-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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I think they're trying to set up a self coup, but not against Trump but against congress. Much easier to unite the party in abolishing congress if you don't control congress.
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DEAR F-ING LORD!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!? Why don't you give them the keys to the country and hope they treat it right? https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep /28/trump-xi-jinping-china-buy-weapons
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No, we've just sold them every other part of our manufacturing processes since then.
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# News # Traitor # Resist # NAZISTATESOFAMERICA # HellOnEarthUSA2026 # FormerUSA # CanadaSouth # WorldLaughingStock https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep /28/trump-xi-jinping-china-buy-weapons
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Trump Asked Xi Whether China Wanted to Buy U.S. Weapons, Ambassador Says https:// newsfactsnetwork.com/trump/tru mp-asked-xi-whether-china-wanted-to-buy-u-s-weapons-ambassador-says/
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