Trump warns China it will be 'hurt badly' by trade war, in rambling misspelled Twitter attack on President Xi

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Donald Trump has warned China that it would be “hurt very badly” by a trade war in a rambling Twitter attack on President Xi Jinping.

The US president responded to criticism of his decision to increase tariffs by warning his Chinese counterpart not to retaliate and accusing him of backing out of a ”great deal”.

In a series of misspelled tweets, he also suggested that “there will be nobody left in China to do business with” if the dispute continued.

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The rambling barrage came after his top economic adviser Larry Kudlow admitted that the US would “suffer” as a result of the tariff increase because the public would have to pay more for goods.

“Their is no reason for the US Consumer to pay the Tariffs, which take effect on China today,” he insisted.

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“Also, the Tariffs can be completely avoided if you by from a non-Tariffed Country, or you buy the product inside the USA (the best idea).

“Many Tariffed companies will be leaving China for Vietnam and other such countries in Asia. That’s why China wants to make a deal so badly!”

The US president added: “There will be nobody left in China to do business with. Very bad for China, very good for USA! Therefore, China should not retaliate-will only get worse!”

Mr Trump also repeated his claim that his predecessors had allowed China to take advantage of the US.

He then turned his fire on the Chinese president: “I say openly to President Xi & all of my many friends in China that China will be hurt very badly if you don’t make a deal because companies will be forced to leave China for other countries.

“Too expensive to buy in China. You had a great deal, almost completed, & you backed out!”

The US president ended his attack by claiming that the tariffs had “greatly helped” US to post 3.2 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year.

“Some people just don’t get it!”, he said.

DeltaTesseract on May 13rd, 2019 at 12:14 UTC »

He must be shorting stocks again with his friends!

OneRougeRogue on May 13rd, 2019 at 12:01 UTC »

Really makes you wonder what's going on behind the scenes. Like, what kind of conversation did Trump have with Xi or his advisors to trigger him so much?

Yrssdd50000 on May 13rd, 2019 at 11:48 UTC »

China can just sit this one out and win, they do not have public pressure or elections.