Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that China does ‘what we do.’
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On Sunday, President Donald Trump admitted that China “spies on us” just as “we spy on them,” after a report surfaced that Chinese intelligence gave Iran satellite imagery before a deadly missile attack that killed three U.S. troops.
Trump was questioned about a Wall Street Journal report that Chinese intelligence allegedly gave Iran high-resolution satellite imagery of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan before Tehran’s July 17 missile attack.
“They basically do what we do,” Trump said, while talking to journalists aboard Air Force One, according to a story by Fox News.
When Trump asked if he planned to take up the issue with Xi Jinping when the Chinese President visits the U.S., Trump said Xi has “behaved reasonably well,” and that “we behave reasonably well.”
“You know what they say? That China spies on us. I say you’re right, and we spy on them, too,” Trump said.
In The Wall Street Journal’s story, U.S. officials connected the imagery to the attack that Iran carried out on July 17 against a base in Jordan, which killed three U.S. soldiers.
U.S. officials defined it as the strongest proof to date that support from Chinese entities for Iran during the war has had deadly consequences for American forces, the outlet reported.
Xi is scheduled to visit Washington on Sept. 24 for a summit with Trump.
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