Trump Denies Offering to Sell US Weapons to China After Ambassador’s Remarks

US President Donald Trump denied on Monday that he had offered Chinese President Xi Jinping the opportunity to buy American weapons.

The denial followed remarks by the US ambassador in Beijing that stirred controversy over whether such an offer had been made.

Trump rejected the suggestion that he had put a weapons purchase proposal to the Chinese leader. His denial addressed the alleged offer, rather than any completed sale.

The ambassador’s precise remarks and the circumstances in which they were made were not detailed in the available summary. Nor did it provide further information about the setting of Trump’s denial.