Trump said tonight that during their meeting, Xi agreed to consider buying oil from the U.S.
“They get a lot of their oil, 40% of their oil, from that location,” Trump said in an interview with Sean Hannity, referring to oil from Iran. “One thing I think that we were going to make a deal on is they’ve agreed, they want to buy oil from the United States, they’re going to go to Texas.”
“We’re going to start sending Chinese ships to Texas and to Louisiana and to Alaska, and I think that was another thing that was agreed to, that’s a big thing,” he continued.
Asked whether a deal could include liquefied natural gas, Trump said, “Yeah, everything.”
Trump said Xi told him “he likes the idea” of buying oil from the U.S.
“I think it’ll happen,” Trump said. “Look, they’re doing it right now. They’re sending Chinese ships up to buy it.”