India, Sept. 28 -- US President Donald Trump offered an arms deal to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who was on a visit to the United States last week. US ambassador to China, David Perdue, on Sunday said that Trump asked his geopolitical rival if he would like to buy American weapons.

Speaking to Shannon Bream on 'Fox News Sunday', Perdue said the offer came in response to the Chinese president's objection to sale of weapons to Taiwan, a democratically governed country. China has maintained the claim that Taiwan was part of its territory.

Reacting to Xi's contention, Trump reportedly tried to justify the pending US arms sale to Taiwan by downplaying it as just one of its many sales.

Discussing the US' arms sales to Taiwan, Perdue quoted...