WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a more degeneration of his relationship with China over the coronavirus break out, stating he has no interest in talking to President Xi Jinping right now and presuming as to recommend he could even cut ties with the world’s second biggest economy.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping pose for an image ahead of their bilateral conference during the G20 leaders top in Osaka, Japan, June 29,2019 REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
In an interview with Fox Service Network broadcast on Thursday, Trump said he was extremely disappointed with China’s failure to contain the disease which the pandemic had cast a pall over his January trade handle Beijing, which he has actually previously hailed as a significant achievement.
” They need to have never ever let this occur,” Trump stated. “So I make a terrific trade deal and now I say this does not feel the very same to me. The ink was barely dry and the plague came over. And it doesn’t feel the very same to me.”
Trump’s pique reached Xi, with whom the U.S. president has stated repeatedly he has a great relationship.
” But I simply– today I don’t want to talk to him,” Trump stated in the interview, which was taped on Wednesday.
Trump was inquired about a Republican senator’s recommendation that U.S. visas be rejected to Chinese students applying to study in fields associated with nationwide security, such as quantum computing and expert system.
” There are lots of things we could do. We could do things. We might cut off the entire relationship,” he replied.
” Now, if you did, what would take place? You ‘d save $500 billion,” Trump stated, refe