Trump dismisses report China entities helped Iran before attack that killed US troops
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before an attack that killed threeU.S. troops there in July. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal cited unnamed U.S. officials about the attack in Jordan. Asked whether he would mention the issue at an upcoming…
US President Donald Trump has dismissed a report that Iran obtained satellite images of a Jordanian base from Chinese entities before a July attack that killed three US troops. The report, cited by the Wall Street Journal, was based on unnamed US officials.
Trump did not directly address whether he would raise the issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping at their upcoming meeting on September 24. Instead, he noted that both China and the US engage in surveillance activities, stating "they basically do what we do... when they say China spies on us, I say you're right and we spy on them too."
Trump also mentioned that he has a good relationship with Xi, saying "I think he's behaved reasonably well, and we behave reasonably well." According to Free Malaysia Today, China has not officially confirmed the meeting.
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