Watch: Trump surprised when Mnuchin says he asked China trade delegation to cancel farm tour
planned visit with U.S. farmers in Bozeman, Montana, and Omaha, Nebraska, after the Chinese delegation concluded trade talks in Washington.
"They're going to reschedule that at a different time, the timing didn't work," Mnuchin said of the Chinese visit.The president asked that question with a chuckle that seemed to indicate displeasure — or unease — more than humor.Trump quickly cut in, "Yeah, but I want them to buy farm products." Montana Michelle Erickson-Jones last week had said, before the Chinese visit was cancelled, that it was "very encouraging to see that we expect a delegation from the Chinese negotiating team to visit Montana."
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