Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office yesterday, President Trump spoke about his expectations to make a deal with China.
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00:00This went off a little bit.
00:01Mr. President, two questions.
00:03Don't we run?
00:03Do you have an update on who will be participating
00:06or conducting these conversations?
00:08Will Koff be there on Saturday for these direct talks?
00:12And on China, some economists are saying that right now
00:16is technically an embargo on China with 125% tariffs.
00:21Are you concerned of escalation beyond the trade war with China?
00:25No, I'm not concerned.
00:27I think President Xi is a very smart guy.
00:30And I think we'll end up making a very good deal for both.
00:34But, you know, we've been treated so badly for so many years.
00:38Again, we allow that to happen.
00:41We've been treated so badly for so many years.
00:43But, no, I don't expect that.
00:45I think President Xi is one of the very smart people of the world.
00:49And I don't think he'd allow that to happen.
00:52And we're very powerful.
00:54This country is very powerful.
00:56Let me tell you, it's far more powerful than people understand.
01:00We have weaponry that nobody has any idea what it is.
01:03And it is the most powerful weapons in the world that we have.
01:06More powerful than anybody even, not even close.
01:09So nobody's going to do that.
01:11But I think that, if that's what you're referring to, maybe it's not.
01:14But just in terms of basic escalation, which is what you said, no, I think that President Xi is a man who knows exactly what has to be done.
01:27He's a very smart man.
01:28He loves his country.
01:29I know that for a fact.
01:30I know him very well.
01:32And I think he's going to want to get to a deal.
01:34I think that's going to happen.
01:35We'll get a phone call at some point.
01:36And it'll be off to the races.
01:39It'll be a great thing for them.
01:42It'll be a great thing for us.
01:44It's going to be a great thing for the world and for you.