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Trump Reveals China's Dark Side: Smuggling and Trade Deals

6/30/2025

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In a revealing Fox News interview, President Trump opened up about U.S.-China relations, confessing to previous agreements on rare earth minerals. He highlighted the alarming arrests of Chinese nationals trying to smuggle pathogens into the U.S., emphasizing that dealing with "bad actors" is an unavoidable reality in global trade, declaring, "It's a nasty world."

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In a revealing Fox News interview, President Trump opened up about U.S.-China relations, confessing to previous agreements on rare earth minerals. He highlighted the alarming arrests of Chinese nationals trying to smuggle pathogens into the U.S., emphasizing that dealing with "bad actors" is an unavoidable reality in global trade, declaring, "It's a nasty world."