However, Trump said he believes the next meeting with Xi Jinping, scheduled for Thursday, “will end very well.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, stated this Thursday, 23, that China is “using Venezuela to smuggle fentanyl” into American territory and promised that this will be the first topic of his conversation with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping. “The first question to Xi will be about fentanyl,” he declared. The Republican added that, despite the tensions, “we don’t want to raise tariffs on China. It wouldn’t be sustainable for them”, but reiterated that new tariffs on the Asian country will come into force on November 1st – if there is no agreement with Xi.
At an event at the White House, he said he believed that the next meeting between the two leaders, scheduled for Thursday, “will end very well”, signaling a willingness for dialogue, but maintaining a tough tone in relation to drug trafficking and Beijing’s role.
Regarding Venezuela, the president stated that the United States is “not happy at all” with the government and that he indicated that the Americans will carry out ground action in the South American country “soon”. He denied, however, reports about flights with B1 bombers and American fighters near the country, saying that “the information is not accurate.”
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Trump added that his government could take a proposal to Congress aimed at combating so-called “land drugs”, but denied that he would ask for a “declaration of war” against the cartels. At another point, he briefly commented on the fragile ceasefire situation in the Middle East, stating that “Israel will not do anything about the West Bank”.
