U.S. President Donald Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping is a "tough" person and that "it's hard to reach a deal with him." He wrote on his social network Truth Social: "I like President Xi, I've always liked him and always will, but he is very tough, and it's very hard to reach a deal with him." Trump wrote this after China and the U.S. conducted negotiations in recent weeks regarding the American president's tariff program and trade relations between the countries.

