Trump denies offering US weapons to China, contradicts ambassador’s account

US president Donald Trump on Monday denied asking Chinese president Xi Jinping whether he wanted to buy American weapons, contradicting US Ambassador to China David Perdue, who said Trump had made such an offer to his Chinese counterpart.According to news agency AFP, Trump appeared confused when a reporter asked him on Monday about Ambassador David Perdue’s remarks over the weekend, suggesting that the diplomat may have been referring to Taiwan rather than China.The remarks came as the administration sought to distance itself from an assertion that could mark a major shift in longstanding US policy towards China.“To China? You mean to Taiwan?” Trump said. “I never heard of that one.