President Donald Trumpaccused China of violating a tariff agreement with the United States in a social media post on May 30, after his Treasury Secretary said negotiations had "stalled." "Everybody was happy! 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!"he said in the poston his social media platform Truth Social. Two weeks ago, the United States and China agreed to dial back triple-digittariffsfor 90 days while they negotiated an agreement. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Thursday that talks "are a bit stalled" but they continue. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer declined to respond to reporters' questions at the White House about the progress of trade negotiations with China or whether tariffs would return to 145%. The temporary truce was reached after Trumpslapped sky-high tariffs on importsfrom China into the U.S., and China retaliated in kind. In the post, Trump inaccurately claimed that he saved China from "grave economic danger" caused by his tariffs by agreeing to trade discussions. "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," Trump claimedin the Truth Social post. Reporter Bart Jansen contributed This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Trump lashes out at China, says country 'totally violated' tariff deal
