Trump Says Chinese Farmland Purchases Began Under Obama, Opposes Abrupt Ban That Would Hurt U.S. Farmers

U.S. farmland while acknowledging he does not love the practice. Speaking to Fox News' Sean Hannity during his three-day state visit to China, Trump said he does not want to see farm prices drop or farmers lose money.

"Look, it's not that I love it, you want to see farm prices drop, you want to see farmers lose a lot of money? Just take that out of the market," Trump told Hannity.

U.S. Farmland for a long time. U.S. farmland occurred during the Obama administration.

U.S. Farmland. "But they've had a lot of land for a long time. Obama did nothing about it. They bought a lot of it during the Obama administration. He did nothing about it," Trump said. Newsweek reported that the comments came as the president arrived in China on Wednesday evening for high-profile talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

The visit marks the first by an American president in almost a decade. Trump arrived in China on Wednesday evening for the three-day state visit and high-profile talks with Xi Jinping.

U.S. Universities. He said removing Chinese students would harm lower universities. "I frankly think that it's good that people come from other countries and they learn our culture," Trump said. '" Newsweek reported the full set of remarks.

The president made the comments while in China for the state visit that began Wednesday evening.