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PoliticsArming an adversary: Why Trump’s offer to sell China weapons belies US policy

Analysts say Donald Trump’s suggestion that Xi Jinping consider buying US weapons has no strategic logic and may even have been a joke. They argue it reveals Trump’s purely transactional view of Beijing. The State Department said Washington has no such plans, while US law prohibits arms sales to China.

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AAl Jazeera★★★★☆2026-09-28 16:55Original

Arming an adversary: Why Trump’s offer to sell China weapons belies US policy
Arming an adversary: Why Trump’s offer to sell China weapons belies US policyPolitics