China, in his words · First term · № 40
Said he was "very disappointed in China" over trade profits and North Korea
“I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet... ...they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!”
- Said
- , Two consecutive posts on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)
- Subject
- trade and North Korea
- Threat
- Economic and military
- Topic
- Trade & tariffs
- Era
- First term
What the record showed
On November 9, 2017, at a business event with Xi Jinping in Beijing, Trump said of the trade imbalance, "I don't blame China," and added, "I give China great credit." He tweeted the same day that he blamed "the incompetence of past Admins" and that "I would've done same!" The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $375.2 billion in 2017 and $418.2 billion in 2018, according to Census Bureau figures.
Sources
- Tweet: 'I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet...'
- Tweet: '...they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk.'
- Remarks at a Business Event With President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing, China
- Tweet: 'I don't blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins'
- Trade in Goods with China