China, in his words · First term · № 60
Asked whether Fed chair Powell or "Chairman Xi" was the "bigger enemy"
“....My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?”
- Said
- , Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)
- Subject
- Xi Jinping as enemy
- Threat
- Economic threat
- Topic
- Economy & prices
- Era
- First term
What the record showed
Three days later, at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, Trump said, "President Xi is a great leader, who happens to be a brilliant man," and, "I have great respect, and I like him too." Asked at the closing news conference whether it was a strategy "to call President Xi an enemy one day" and say relations were very good the next, Trump replied, "It's the way I negotiate." At the Phase One signing on January 15, 2020, Trump called Xi "a very, very good friend of mine."