# Trump denies offering to sell weapons to China’s Xi

https://mins.news/en/video/78623

- CNN, 2026-09-29 12:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk5ThzHEUkE

> President Donald Trump said he did not discuss selling US weapons to China during his recent meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. His denial contradicts US Ambassador to China David Perdue, who said Trump had at one point asked Xi whether he wanted to buy weapons.

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