"He Yadong, China’s Ministry of Commerce spokesperson, said Thursday: “Any claims about the progress of China-U.S. trade negotiations are groundless as trying to catch the wind and have no factual basis.”
Similarly, Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said China is prepared to negotiate only under certain conditions. “China’s attitude is consistent and clear: if you want to fight, we will fight to the end, if you want to talk, the door is open,” he said.
Yet Trump, when pressed to respond on China’s denial, continued to claim there were talks taking place during a brief availability with reporters alongside Norway’s prime minister Thursday afternoon.
“Well, they had a meeting this morning, so I can't tell you. It doesn't matter who ‘they’ is. We may reveal it later, but they had meetings this morning, and we've been meeting with China,” he said."
Trump is trapped in his own delusions.
Raise your hand if you didn't see this one coming. Tell me, Maga, what kind of "deal making" sees the president publicly claiming he wants to lower tariffs on a country by nearly 100% before they even start talking? This must be the art of the deal everyone keeps referring to. How weak does Trump look going around telling everyone that he's lowering tariffs and "speaking" to China when no such thing has happened? Everyone is looking at this guy like the biggest fool on the planet right now.