President Trump has revealed the real reason why he thinks China is delaying trade talks.
The president believes that they are hoping a Democrat gets elected in 2020 who will continue to allow China to rip off the United States.
According to Fox News:
President Trump issued a stern warning to China Tuesday morning: waiting until 2020 to make a trade deal with the U.S. will backfire.
Trump stated that China “was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now” but showed “no signs that they are doing so” and keep changing the terms of a possible deal as U.S. officials are engaged in negotiations. The president suggested that China could wait until after the 2020 election, with hopes that a Democrat would give them a better deal — but vowed that if he’s still in the White House he’ll be tougher than ever.
“They should probably wait out our Election to see if we get one of the Democrat stiffs like Sleep Joe. Then they could make a GREAT deal, like in past 30 years, and continue to ripoff the USA, even bigger and better than ever before,” Trump tweeted. “The problem with them waiting, however, is that if & when I win, the deal they get will be much tougher than what were are negotiating now…or no deal at all.”
China is doing very badly, worst year in 27 – was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now – no signs that they are doing so. That is the problem with China, they just don’t come through. Our Economy has become MUCH larger than the Chinese Economy is last 3 years….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2019
…to ripoff the USA, even bigger and better than ever before. The problem with them waiting, however, is that if & when I win, the deal that they get will be much tougher than what we are negotiating now…or no deal at all. We have all the cards, our past leaders never got it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2019
Trump insisted that the U.S. has the leverage in the negotiations, even if his predecessors may not have recognized their own advantage.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are holding trade talks with China today and tomorrow which ends a two-month hiatus in the negotiations.
