President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE said in a tweet Saturday that China wants to reach a trade agreement with the U.S. "so badly" and that the country also might be rooting for a Democrat to win the 2020 election.

"China wants to make a deal so badly. Thousands of companies are leaving because of the Tariffs, they must stem the flow," he tweeted. "At the same time China may be hoping for a Democrat to win so they could continue the great ripoff of America, & the theft of hundreds of Billions of $’s!"

China wants to make a deal so badly. Thousands of companies are leaving because of the Tariffs, they must stem the flow. At the same time China may be hoping for a Democrat to win so they could continue the great ripoff of America, & the theft of hundreds of Billions of $’s! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2019

His tweet came a day after he said the U.S. was "talking to China" but is not ready to strike a trade deal.

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“We are talking to China. We are not ready to make a deal, but we’ll see what happens,” he told reporters. "They want to make a deal. I'm not ready to make a deal."

Negotiations between the countries are expected to begin again in September, but tensions have escalated in recent days.

The Trump administration has imposed a 25 percent tariff on a separate $250 billion in Chinese products and the president has recently threatened a 10 percent tariff on a separate $300 billion in Chinese products.