Trump Accuses China Of Violating Trade Agreement: ‘So Much For Being Mr. Nice Guy’

President Donald Trump said on Friday that China “HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT” with the United States as the administration continues to negotiate with the communist country on a larger trade deal.

Trump said that despite his efforts to “save” China from “a very bad situation,” the Chinese government did not abide by its deal with the United States. The president did not specify how China broke the agreement, but Trump’s top trade officials have said that China is slowing down trade talks and failing to fulfill its promises from the 90-day tariff truce struck between the two countries earlier this month.

“Two weeks ago China was in grave economic danger! The very high Tariffs I set made it virtually impossible for China to TRADE into the United States marketplace which is, by far, number one in the World. We went, in effect, COLD TURKEY with China, and it was devastating for them. Many factories closed and there was, to put it mildly, ‘civil unrest.’ I saw what was happening and didn’t like it, for them, not for us. I made a FAST DEAL with China in order to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation, and I didn’t want to see that happen,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilized and China got back to business as usual. Everybody was happy!” the president added. “That is the good news!!! The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!”

The deal agreed upon earlier this month between the United States and China brought Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariff on China down to 10% while keeping the 20% fentanyl tariff in place. China, meanwhile, dropped its retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods to 10%. Those new tariff rates went into effect on May 14, but would only last for 90 days as the United States and China continue to negotiate a larger trade agreement.

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Trump’s post on Truth Social blasting China for violating the deal came just hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News host Bret Baier that the talks with China “are a bit stalled.” Bessent added that negotiations will hopefully resume “in the next few weeks.”

Similarly, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC that China has been slow-walking in its compliance with the trade agreement, particularly regarding the flow of rare earth minerals, which China promised to again export to the United States after restricting shipments in response to Trump’s tariffs.

“We haven’t seen the flow of some of those critical minerals as they were supposed to be doing,” Greer said, adding, “China continues to slow down and choke off things like critical minerals and rare Earth magnets.”

The Trump administration is also in a legal battle over the president’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. A federal appeals court reinstated Trump’s tariffs on Thursday after the New York-based Court of International Trade ruled on Wednesday that Trump overstepped his authority when issuing them.