Injecting fresh uncertainty at a time of global economic jitters, President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Sunday on the U.S.-China trade war as leaders at a global summit pushed the unpredictable American president to ease frictions over tariffs and cooperate on other geopolitical challenges.
Asked during a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson if he had any second thoughts about escalating the trade conflict, Trump told reporters,"Yeah. For sure."Hours later, the White House backpedaled. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham issued a statement saying the press had"greatly misinterpreted" Trump's comments. She said the president only responded"in the affirmative - because he regrets not raising the tariffs higher.
Earlier this month, Trump backed off on a threat to place even tougher tariffs on Chinese imports as aides fretted about their impact on the holiday shopping season and growing fears of a recession in the U.S. Trump said he had"no plans right now" to follow through on his threat of an emergency declaration, but he insisted he would be within his rights to use a 1977 law designed to target rogue regimes, terrorists and drug traffickers as the newest weapon in the clash between the world's two largest economies
ABC News is pathetic!!!!!!
'Head Snapping'? Who wrote that ridiculous line? A DNC spokesperson. ABC is such a joke of a 'news' network.
Trump is doing GRRRREAT! Don’t mix up his messages! At least he knows what he is doing!!! 👍🇺🇸😊👏👏👏🙏
He has no choice but to go it alone, no one except his followers r praying for success! All others r idiots who have so much hate in their ♥️ for him they actually want our country to go into a recession, to fail! How sad is that?
Those hazards really ain’t hurting us though, are they.
Buffoon
Lol, you ABC clowns will never learn. Trump is getting it done in record fashion. Still waiting to see what DNC connections are going to jail over the fake news Russia bullshit.
Charile & The chocolate factory umpa umpa stick it up your jumpera what in the world is that-is that what people call a slime smile has media ask who actual does Mr Trump hair-what time he has to be up at & start setting his head of hair or is it hair net job
“Head snapping”?Is there no end to your TDS. Watched ABC News Tonight&you had time to put in a segment-on the NEWS-for a tv show Orange NewBlack as it mentions a hotline for illegals...yet no room to report on massive drug haul of fentanyl. Fake News due to what YOU WON’T REPORT
MSM what is wrong with you people?
This week's scripted phrase is 'head snapping': pounce and pearl clutching to be recirculated at later date. Soros; that is all.
FAKE NEWS 😠
It's the only way to deal with a communist government and where their citizens don't have free speech, they're shot at for rights and can't view uncensored pages on the internet.
Hey China loving ABC , eat a bowl of melamine.
Did you not get the 4am talking point? The word of the day was EXHAUSTED. You left out exhausted!!
Are you just about fed up with ABC’s biased one sided bullshit reporting. FDAAWAS
Hey abc? Did he make any deals? Like Japan buying the corn from our farmers that was canceled by china! Oh! That's right ABC has a strict policy in its news dept. To never ever give the president credit for anything! Sorry ABC I forgot about your mandate!!stop trump 2020
That is okay. China does not want our corn and Japan is happily buying all they can get. Anything else China does not want, Trump will find a buyer. Buying and selling is his specialty!
Whiplash in 3....2. ..1
ABC sucks
Fake news 😂😂😂😂❤️🇺🇸
Is it really ABC News or ABC Propaganda or ABC Advocacy?
He wasn't sending any message, he forgot what he'd said anyway.
Democrats want higher wages but then flood the US with cheap illegal labor through Open Borders. Trump protects the border. Democrats wanted to surrender free trade to the Chinese through the TPP treaty that want scraped by Trump. Democrats are anti-US and pro-China.
So you media types just hang out until one cropped sentence makes a headline.. Got it
Divisive abc news
Were not E.U. or Socialistic run yet, Sir, does that even Register.
Isn't sitting on his butt against China like the last 3
More FAKENEWS from ABC.
Oh look, more fake news.
I think you people at ABC take lessons on how to take things out of Context.The United States has been run over so many years more so by friends than enemies, it’s time to go it alone. This president puts us first not the rest of the world as Obama did .
👏Stop 👏 lying! FakeNewsMedia
buy made in Japan, Britain, Germany, France and USA. China be fair on trade!
Why does he keep a stupid look on his face?
He’s starting to look like The Joker
Abc news is leftist lies and propaganda. Fake News and false.
ABC NOBODY LISTENS TO YOU ANY MORE. YOU ARE NOT THE NEWS.
20/20 Trumpppp time
Your heads are the only one snapping.
He is totally unhinged and unfit for the office.
Is a trade treat with Japan not important. No mention...go Subaru and buy more Japanese made. They want agricultural products. Our farmers must be thrilled. Not as big as China but better than nothing.What's wrong ABC!
This photo makes it look he is trying to take a massive dump on the toilet.
Industrial revolution BUILT America...and China STOLE our industry over the past 30 years...
China needs to get off their damn high pot of their shitty noodles. My God...we have been in a damn trade war for 35+ yrs for Gods sake. Look at the damn trade imbalance stats. They've been SCREWING US OVER for 35+ yrs...if we want free trade then let's do FREE TRADE COMPLETELY..
Isolating the United States from the world cause of his narcissist personality.
Obviously bowing didn’t work! iran didn’t release Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981 under weak Jimmy Carter! Iran released the hostages the day before Ronald Reagan’s inauguration! IranRegimeChange
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He has no clue! They can afford to wait him out! They’re not going to enter into an agreement with a man who is notorious for breaking agreements! And 2020 isn’t that far away!
Fake news propaganda
Just stop. It’s pathetic.
Trump 'knows' that threats and bullying are the best way to deal with the Chinese. The problem is, the Chinese don't seem to agree with him.
this is nothing but lies that the president said was happening. No head snapping comments where made. He did not talk about China. The media has lost all credibility with there on going lies on the president, World leaders want to know why the media hates America
Trump has demonstrated for over two years here at home &to the world that 🇺🇸 Democratic System can be altered,foolishly misused by a loose tongue of the head of state..ie as a self-serving political game.The.three branches 🇺🇸gov.seem to be engulfed into☝️ branch..his❗️Wakeup🇺🇸
“Journalism”
mentally ill
At least he isn't ignoring issues like the previous administration..
ABC and their colleagues can't write an unbiased thing about our President. Second thoughts is an honest answer. Be honest ABC. Its very human to have second thoughts about everything.
Word salad. TrumpGibberish
At least he got in a good nap 💤
did you bother to send a reporter on the trip? you can't tell by this pos report
same as CNN
uniquely uninformative for an opinion piece.
All fake news. By the way your Sunday news was pathetic. Will never watch again. All crap and bull. Lame street media. Enemy of the people.
Keep losing billions and let our grandkids reap the horrible results.
Now do a story on how China is ripping off the US on trade.
Can anyone make a meme with his face on this picture... i beg of you
Never to return.. he is over the hump. All downward now. SCARAMUCCI had a point!! He will now now out..but by mental disease not EGO fracturing!
realDonaldTrump ...dumbo
Shut up ABC we are sick of the constant harrassment of our President. How about some praise regarding the deal he just made with Japan!
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It's realDonaldTrump live and uncut. 💩💩💩💩
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Trump is unqualified. Why is this so hard to understand, he has no experience in being a reserved, reasoned politician in fact he is not a politician hence all the 'head-snapping comments', Trump is Trump and has been Trump forever
Everyone keeps saying we can’t take four more years of this lunatic. I am. It sure we can survive the next 16 months.
God lord MAKE THIS NIGHTMARE END. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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