Trump downplays possible G-20 meeting with Chinese President Xi: 'It doesn't matter' if he shows up

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Kevin Breuninger
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President Donald Trump appears to downplay expectations about a possible meeting with Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit later this month, saying “it doesn’t matter” if the Chinese president shows up or not.

“If he shows up, good, if he doesn’t – in the meantime, we’re taking in billions of dollars a month [in tariffs] from China,” Trump tells “Fox & Friends.”

The remarks seem to clash with comments he made just a few days earlier on CNBC, when Trump vowed to immediately slap an additional $300 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports if Xi didn’t attend the G-20 summit.

President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to downplay expectations about a possible meeting with Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit later this month, saying “it doesn’t matter” if the Chinese president shows up or not.

“If he shows up, good, if he doesn’t – in the meantime, we’re taking in billions of dollars a month [in tariffs] from China,” Trump said in a sprawling, 50-minute interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” after a host noted that China had not committed to show up to the summit.

Trump’s remarks Friday morning seemed to clash with comments he made just a few days earlier on CNBC.

In that interview Monday morning, the president vowed to immediately slap tariffs on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese imports if Xi didn’t attend the G-20 summit, which is scheduled for June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan.

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1. STILL doesn't understand who's paying those tariffs

The slide into recession could become an avalanche anytime, and this numbskull still doesn't get it.

[CatMor]

2. The world would be better off if ...

trump was the one who didn't show up.