US President
Donald Trump proclaimed himself "the Chosen One" Wednesday as he defended his trade war against
China, indicating that it was his destiny to take on Beijing.
Trump -- who had earlier approvingly retweeted a description of himself as the King of Israel -- said his predecessors had allowed the
United States to be taken advantage of on trade and intellectual property and it had befallen him to undo the damage.
This is a trade war that should have taken place a long time ago by a lot of other presidents," he told reporters at the White House.