{
  "id": 10550381,
  "title": "Trump asked China’s president if he wanted to buy US arms, ambassador says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/trump-asked-chinas-president-if-he-wanted-to-buy-us-arms-ambassador",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T22:51:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1559774/trump-asked-chinas-president-if-he-wanted-to-buy-us-arms-ambassador-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy American weapons, according to US Ambassador to China David Perdue. Perdue said Trump made the offer during Xi's state visit to the White House, in response to Chinese concerns over US weapons sales to Taiwan.\n\nHowever, Trump has since denied the claim, telling reporters he had not discussed the matter with Xi. Trump did say that China might be interested in buying US equipment because \"we do make better equipment than them\".\n\nThe offer, if made, would be an unusual one, given the long-standing geopolitical rivalry between the US and China. Perdue also stated that there are ongoing conversations about potential arms sales, and that Trump and Xi discuss the topic whenever they meet.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Trump denies offering to sell arms to China's Xi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/trump-denies-offering-to-sell-arms-to-chinas-xi",
        "published": "2026-09-28T19:55:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Trump denies offering to sell arms to China’s Xi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/trump-denies-offering-to-sell-arms-to-chinas-xi-10544037",
        "published": "2026-09-28T21:17:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Diplomacy: US arms sale to China? Trump denies offer to Xi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/diplomatie-us-waffenverkauf-an-china-trump-dementiert-angebot-an-xi",
        "published": "2026-09-28T22:46:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Trump contradicts US envoy over reported offer to sell arms to China’s Xi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/trump-contradicts-us-envoy-over-reported-offer-to-sell-arms-to-chinas",
        "published": "2026-09-29T01:00:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}