'Doesn't matter' if Xi Jinping agrees to meeting at G-20, stresses Trump

Trump has repeatedly threatened to raise tariffs if Xi doesn't meet with him at the G-20 leaders' meeting June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan

President Donald Trump said “it doesn’t matter” if Chinese President Xi Jinping agrees to meet with him later this month to restart negotiations over trade because the U.S. is collecting billions of dollars in tariffs on goods from the country.

“If he shows up, good,” Trump told Fox News on Friday. “If he doesn’t -- in the meantime, we’re taking in billions of dollars a month.” He added: “Eventually, they’re going to make a deal, because they’re going to have to. Look, they’re paying hundreds of billions of dollars.”

Trump has repeatedly threatened to raise tariffs if Xi doesn’t meet with him