Donald Trump won the US presidential election over Kamala Harris on Wednesday and world leaders were quick to congratulate the Republican.
Donald Trump vowed tough trade measures against China during the campaign for the White House, and relations between Washington and Beijing will be one of the major themes of his term.
Here is a selection of comments made by Trump about China:
– Trump tweeted in November 2012, “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese to make American manufacturing non-competitive.”
— “I defeat the people of China. I win against China. If you are smart you can win against China. But our people don’t know. We give state dinners to the heads of China. I Said, ‘Why are you having a state dinner for them? They’re breaking us left and right. Just take them to McDonald’s and go back to the negotiating table,'” Trump said at a July 2015 rally.
— Trump said at a campaign rally in May 2016, “We can’t allow China to rape our country, and that’s what we’re doing,” insisting that the United States must “deal with China.” There’s a lot of power.”
– Trump tweeted in July 2019, “China is letting us down by not buying agricultural products from our great farmers like they said they would.”
— “For those who no longer have work due to important and necessary containment policies, for example closing hotels, bars and restaurants, the money will come to you soon. The Chinese virus attack is not your fault! Already Will be much stronger!” he wrote in a tweet in March 2020.
— “China’s pattern of misconduct is well known. For decades, they have deceived the United States in a way no one has ever done before. Hundreds of billions of dollars are lost per year in transactions with China, especially in the past During the years of the administration.” ,” he said in May 2020.
— “As we look to this bright future, we must hold accountable the country that unleashed this pandemic on the world: China,” Trump said at the United Nations in September 2020, referring to the coronavirus pandemic.
— “Think of President Xi: Central Casting, a genius. You know, when I say he’s a genius, everybody says, ‘Oh, he’s terrible’… Well, he Runs 1.4 billion people hard. Smart, brilliant, everything is perfect. There’s no one like this guy in Hollywood,” he said at a Fox News town hall in July 2023.
– “I had a very strong relationship with him,” Trump said of President Xi in an October 2024 article in the Wall Street Journal. “He was a really nice guy, I don’t want to say friend – I don’t want to be silly, ‘He was my friend’ – but I got along well with him.”
“He’s a very extreme person,” Trump said.
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