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

https://mins.news/en/item/77417

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-28 16:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news-analysis/2026/9/28/arming-an-adversary-why-trump-offer-to-sell-china-weapons-belies-us-policy?traffic_source=rss

> 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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