Trump shares 'classified' information about spying on China

President Donald Trump has been accused of sharing 'classified' information.

The President is known for making soundbite comments to the press, but one of his latest could land him in hot water if what his critics are accusing him of is true, after he was asked questions about Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Trump and various reporters were flying back to the United States after attending a two-day summit in Beijing.

The POTUS was seen being interviewed by the media on board Air Force 1, when a clip shows him being asked: "Did you talk to Xi about the cyber attacks that he's done in the United States?"

He responded: "I did. And he talked about attacks we did in China. You know, what they do, we do too. We spy like hell on them too."

Trump has been accused by critics of sharing 'classified' information (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump continued: "I told him, 'we do a lot of stuff to you that that you don't know about."

According to CNBC, he also said he refused to answer Xi when he asked Trump if the United States would defend Taiwan if China attacked it.

“That question was asked to me today by President Xi. I said I don’t talk about that."

A reporter asked him the same question, to which he replied: "I don’t want to say that,"

“There’s only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me. I’m the only person,”

One social media account wrote: "Trump just told Xi classified information."

Another critic hit out: "Trump is just naive & irresponsible - this is what you would expect a 5-year old to say."

Writing on X (formerly Twitter) someone else added: "He's a walking security threat."

Q: Did you talk to Xi about the cyber attacks that he's done in the United States?

TRUMP: I did. And he talked about attacks we did in China. You know, what they do, we do too. We spy like hell on them too. I told him, 'we do a lot of stuff to you that that you don't know… pic.twitter.com/rAgyep6Rfh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 15, 2026

Another joked: "Somewhere... a CIA agent just slowly put his face in his hands and cancelled his weekend plans"

At the start of the summit, president Xi had warned China and the US 'will have clashes and even conflicts' if Taiwan’s independence is 'mishandled'

Chinese state news outlet Xinhua reported on Thursday that Xi said 'the entire relationship' would be in 'great jeopardy' if the Taiwan issue is not 'properly' handled, and said the 'Taiwan situation' is 'the most important issue in China-U.S. relations.'

The BBC reports that Trump said he 'make a determination over a fairly short period' on whether he would go ahead with their planned arm sales to Taiwan.

China has condemned the proposed sale.

"We discussed the Taiwan, you know, the whole thing with the arm sales in great detail," he said.

"I made no commitment either way. I think we'll be fine. [Xi] doesn't want to see a war."

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