# Ambassador says Trump asked Xi whether China wanted to buy U.S. weapons

https://mins.news/en/item/76758

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-28 09:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4hw8c7S

> The U.S. ambassador to China says President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping whether he wanted to purchase weapons from the United States.

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