Trump praises Xi, while raising prospect of higher tariffs on Chinese imports

"Look, I want China to do great, I do. And I like President Xi a lot, he was a very good friend of mine during my term," Trump told Bartiromo. Bartiromo cut Trump off. "Well, look, Covid, Covid cover up, intellectual property theft, the list is long from our number one adversary. So I don't know if he is a friend." "I got along with him great, I'm not sure he loved what I was doing," Trump added, before saying he doesn't think Xi wants him to return to the White House. Trump's praise of Xi is longstanding and is…