Trump China Visit Live: Agree '100 per cent' with Xi that US was on decline, but under Biden, says Trump
US president Donald Trump said his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping was “100 per cent correct” in describing the United States as a nation in decline, but clarified that the remarks referred to the period under his predecessor Joe Biden.
“When President Xi very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation, he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, and on that score, he was 100 per cent correct,” Trump said through a post on Truth Social.
Trump claimed the US had “suffered immeasurably with open borders, high taxes, transgender for everybody, men in women’s sports, Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI), horrible trade deals, rampant crime, and so much more!” during the Biden administration.
He also said the country has witnessed “an incredible rise” during the first 16 months of his presidency, citing record stock market performance and 401(k) gains, military successes, renewed economic momentum, and what he described as a booming jobs market.