Trump says ‘getting along well’ with China, downplays ‘aggressive’ acts linked to Beijing
‘That’s the way the world works,’ Trump said when questioned by Fox News about the hacking of US telecoms system, intellectual property theft
US President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed the importance of aggressive actions linked to Beijing including recent arrests of two Chinese nationals accused of smuggling a dangerous pathogen into the United States, saying “that’s the way the world works”.
“You don’t think we do that to them? We do, we do a lot of things,” he said on the Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo show.
“That’s the way the world works. It’s a nasty world.”
He likewise dismissed concerns over a case in which two Chinese nationals were accused last month of smuggling in a toxic fungus.
Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, are charged with conspiracy, smuggling, false statements and visa fraud.