Trump, on Twitter, says China should keep the seized US drone

Beijing agreed to give back an underwater US drone it seized this week

Reuters December 18, 2016
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WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump continued to take jabs at China on Twitter on Saturday after Beijing agreed to give back an underwater US drone it seized this week.



"We should tell China that we don't want the drone they stole back - let them keep it!" Trump tweeted.
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