Trump asked China’s President if he wants to buy U.S. arms, Ambassador says

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Former President Trump reportedly asked China's President if he is interested in buying U.S. arms, a move that would significantly alter longstanding U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan, according to Ambassador David Perdue. This proposal comes as U.S.-China relations remain geopolitically tense.

David Perdue said Mr. Trump raised the prospect of the arms sales from the U.S. to its ascendant geopolitical rival, an unlikely offer that, if consummated, would upend generations of U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan