Trump Denies Xi Said Putin Would Regret 2022 Ukraine Invasion

11 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 19

Tuesday at the White House, Donald Trump rejected reports that Xi Jinping had told him Vladimir Putin would regret invading Ukraine.
“He never said that,” Trump told reporters, directly disputing the claimed conversation and Xi’s supposed bleak assessment of the war.
The denial addresses reports centered on Xi’s private remarks about Russia’s invasion, with Trump offering no further detail on any exchange with the Chinese leader.

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