For months, President Donald Trump has suggested his personal relationship with China’s Xi Jinping will be what unlocks the world’s most consequential trade dispute. Yet he hasn’t been able to get Xi on the phone — until,

President Trump railed against Xi Jinping in a late-night social media post days ahead of their planned call, complaining that the Chinese leader is “extremely hard to make a deal with” as trade talks stall.

U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his view on having to negotiate with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing him as “extremely hard to make a deal with”. Taking to his Truth Social account,