Trump reiterates good relations with China ahead of Xi’s visit

US President Donald Trump offers a preview of what he has in store

for President Xi Jinping for the Chinese leader's upcoming visit to the US

set for September 24.

He says he's looking forward to the visit and that the two countries have a

"very good trading relationship," though he does go on to say

China had for years "taken advantage" of the US, but that

he doesn't blame them.

He also takes the opportunity to call First Lady Peng Liyuan

"a beautiful woman" who is "respected all over the world."

“Well, President Xi is coming on September 24th. We look forward to it.

He's a great gentleman. We get along great.

We have a very good trading relationship.

And, you know, they're a competitor and all of that.

But we have a very good relationship with President Xi.

He's coming with his beautiful wife. She's a beautiful woman

and a great woman, respected all over the world.

They're coming together.

And we're going to

have a state dinner. And we're going to do great things with China.

We've been doing very well with China. China took advantage of us

for years, for years. I don't blame them, you know, we had people

that were not smart sitting behind this desk. But we've done very

well with China and China and I have a very good relationship.

He and I have very good relationship,” Trump says.