Trump on negotiations with China, Giuliani's associates and the conflict in Syria Speaking on the South Lawn of the White House, US President Donald Trump says negotiations with China are "going very well," ahead of a meeting at the White House scheduled on Friday. Before departing for Minnesota for a rally, Trump also addresses his lawyer Rudy Giuliani's associates, who were both arrested on charges of campaign finance violations, claiming he doesn't know "those gentlemen," before discussing the conflict between the Turks and the Kurds, repeating he "hopes to mediate". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES