Hours after Trump said he had second thoughts about escalating the trade war with China, his press secretary said the president’s only regret is not raising tariffs higher.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is greeted by President of France Emmanuel Macron as he arrives to the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019.
But hours later, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham issued a statement saying Trump was “greatly misinterpreted,” saying Trump only responded “in the affirmative - because he regrets not raising the tariffs higher.” Johnson praised Trump for America’s economic performance during the jovial breakfast, their first since his elevation to the prime minister post in July. But he chided Trump on his hardnosed China policy. “Just to register a faint sheep-like note of our view on the trade war,” he told the American leader. “We’re in favor of trade peace.”
Trump then entered the first official summit meeting, initially set to be a discussion of foreign policy and security issues. But White House aides claimed he engineered a late change to the summit schedule, adding economic issues to the agenda. Only hours before his arrival in Biarritz Saturday, Trump threatened anew to place tariffs on French wine imports to the U.S. in a spat over France’s digital services tax; the European Union promised to retaliate. That was the backdrop for a late addition to his summit schedule — a two-hour lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron outside the opulent Hotel du Palais.
But moments later cracks emerged anew between Trump and his counterparts, after the French government said that it was agreed at Saturday’s opening dinner that Macron would deliver a message to Iran on behalf of the group. But Trump disputed that he had signed off on any message. “No I haven’t discussed that,” he told reporters during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “No I haven’t.
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