(NewsNation) — Chinese officials are “happy” President Donald Trump is back in office, political commentator Bill O’Reilly told NewsNation’s “CUOMO” on Thursday.
“They are happy Trump’s president. They had no use for Joe Biden at all. Why? They considered him weak and unfocused,” said O’Reilly, who called into the show from Seoul, South Korea.
He said had recently left a meeting in Beijing with “high-ranking” officials from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s administration. O’Reilly said he spoke with the officials at an off-the-record, Q&A-style seminar after receiving an invitation from a third party.
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“I said, ‘OK, do I get a free supper?’ They go, ‘Yeah, we’ll give you a free supper,’” O’Reilly joked. “The most powerful guys and one woman in the country are sitting across from me asking me questions for two hours.”
O’Reilly said China will “never, ever, ever admit weakness” but that “they want to make a variety of deals.”
“They want deals that are going to help them. They don’t care about us as far as individuals are concerned, but … China needs us,” he said. “As part of those deals, they are willing to do things that would advance the welfare of the United States.”
