Former president Donald Trump said his administration was not “owned” by communist China, unlike many of its predecessors.
“They owned us. Until I came along, they just owned every president, including the presidents I like,” Trump said about China, in an interview with Fox News’s Brett Baier aired on June 19.
The former president pointed to his record of slapping tariffs on hundreds of billions’ worth of Chinese goods and having China sign a trade deal in January 2020. If elected president in 2024, Trump said he would maintain the China tariffs.
“I would keep the China tariffs on,” Trump said. “Absolutely. It is a tremendous power thing.”…