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| Trump: 'I am the chosen one' to take on China | Trump: 'I am the chosen one' to take on China |
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| US President Donald Trump has stated that he is “the chosen one" to take on Beijing and that his life would be easier if he had not mounted a trade war with China. | US President Donald Trump has stated that he is “the chosen one" to take on Beijing and that his life would be easier if he had not mounted a trade war with China. |
| The remark came during one of Trump’s trademark “helicopter” press conferences, outside the White House on Wednesday. Fielding questions on a range of topics, the president touched on the tariff war with China that he launched in March 2018. | |
| Noting that his life would be “much easier” if he did as other presidents and let China take advantage of the US economically, Trump said he had to do something about it. | |
| “This isn’t my trade war. This is a trade war that should have taken place a long time ago,” he said. | |
| “So I’m taking on China. And you know what? We’re winning,” Trump added, arguing that China was losing jobs and having the worst year in half a century “because of me.” | |
| Trump spoke for about 35 minutes prior to boarding a helicopter and leaving Washington for Kentucky, where he is scheduled to speak at the American Veterans convention. | |