Donald Trump's China Remarks Come Back to Haunt Him

A clip of saying "could you imagine if I took money from China" has gone viral on X, formerly , following the publication of a report claiming his companies and state owned companies during his presidency. According to the "White House for Sale" report, produced by on the House Oversight Committee, companies owned by Trump took more than $7.8 million from foreign governments and businesses they own during his presidency.

The report noted this money was spent at "just four of the more than 500 entities Trump owned," with these being Trump Tower in Manhattan, Trump World Tower at 845 Plaza in New York and the Trump International Hotels in Washington D.C. and Las Vegas. In a town hall style interview with Trump on December 8, host hit out at the family of President , who he accused of "making millions" of dollars in shady business activity.

Republicans on the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees have probed Biden's son 's business dealings and claim that their findings, which have not yet been released, have proved that Biden reaped personal benefits from his son's activities. They have yet to produce evidence that directly ties Biden to those dealings.

Trump on Fox News: Could you imagine if I took money from China??? Fox News, 28 days later: So, funny story... Trump has claimed that Joe Biden has received large sums of money from China but there is no evidence to back this up. Biden has repeatedly insisted he "never talked business" with associates of his son and Hannity produced no evidence he was personally involved in wrongdoing.

As Hannity made his accusations against the Bidens, Trump intervened commenting: "From China too…could you imagine me doing that, or my sons doing that, or the great doing that?" A clip of the exchange was , formerly Twitter, by Media Matters' researcher Kat Abu, alongside a second clip from a later Fox News report discussing the report about how Trump's businesses benefited from foreign governments during his presidency.

Media Matters is a self styled "progressive media watchdog" that specializes in in the U.S. In the second clip the Fox News presenter states: "A year's long investigation by Democrats on the House Oversight committee claims former president Trump's businesses received at least $7.8 million from foreign governments during his time in office.

According to the report a bulk of those payments came from the Chinese government and state owned business." Abu added: "Trump on News: Could you imagine if I took money from China??? Fox News, 28 days later: So, funny story…" The post was widely shared receiving 3,500 re posts, 13,000 likes and over 445,000 views on X.

According to the House Oversight Committee Democrats, during Trump's presidency "he received at least $7.8 million from 20 governments, including the governments of China, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Malaysia, through his businesses." In a statement ranking Democratic committee member Rep.

Jamie Raskin accused the Trump family of "staggering corruption." He commented: "The governments making these payments sought specific foreign policy outcomes from President Trump and his Administration. Each dollar former President Trump accepted violated the Constitution's strict prohibition on payments from foreign governments, which the Founders enacted to prevent presidents from selling out U.S.

foreign policy to foreign leaders." has contacted Donald Trump representatives and The Trump Organization for comment by email. Eric Trump responded to the allegations on X, where he shared an news report about the committee's report. He wrote: "What a joke! All foreign government profits, for stays at our hotels and other properties while my father was in office, were [voluntarily] donated to the United States Treasury.

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