President Trump justifies the pending U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world. ↧ Trump asked China’s president if he wants to buy U.S. arms, ambas... David Perdue said Trump raised the prospect of the arms sales from the U.S. to China, an offer that if consummated would upend generations of U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan.