Despite repeated private warnings, Chinese President Xi Jinping has not requested a call with Trump. “China wants to make a deal. They just don’t know how quite to go about it,” Trump said Wednesday.
The move follows a row with Washington over Juba’s refusal to admit a Congolese man deported from the US, which led to the Trump administration threatening to revoke all US visas held by South Sudanese citizens.
Josh Sullivan, 45, was kidnapped on Thursday evening while delivering a sermon at the Fellowship Baptist Church Motherwell in Mambalaza Street, NU10, at about 7pm.
Rather than calling Trump to negotiate tariffs, Xi has instead launched a week of high-stakes diplomacy with other trade partners to push back against the escalating trade war.
China’s President Xi just broke his silence on the U.S trade war mess, making it crystal clear: Beijing’s not begging, and definitely not blinking.
Trump, repeating unfounded claims of election fraud, warned, “We’ll find out whether or not it was a safe election… he’s got a big price to pay.”
“Pressure and blackmail will not work,” said a Chinese government spokesperson.
“The yuan’s drop reflects ongoing concerns about the prolonged trade conflict,” said an economic analyst.
“He was involved in planning and providing logistical support,” an official said.
Republicans, meanwhile, expressed confusion over Trump’s praise of a potential 2028 opponent, with one strategist calling it a political misstep.