In a series of tweets, President Trump has suggested that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a personal meeting to sort out the political crisis in Hong Kong and the escalating trade war between the US and China.
Hong Kong United States President Donald Trump has suggested that China should deal with protests in Hong Kong"humanely" before making a trade deal with the US.
In a series of tweets late Wednesday, Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping as a"good man" and suggested the two leaders hold a personal meeting to sort out the political crisis in Hong Kong and the escalating trade war between the US and China."Of course China wants to make a deal. Let them work humanely with Hong Kong first!" Trump tweeted.
— Donald J. Trump August 14, 2019 Fears that Chinese forces could enter the city and quash the protests have been rife in Hong Kong, where memories of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre -- where Peoples' Liberation Army troops brutally put down pro-democracy protests -- is still fresh in residents' minds.
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