'Unpresidented' Trump tweet on China sets off deluge of mockery


Donald Trump. -AFP filepic

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump got plenty of attention -- but not the kind he was looking for -- after a tweet Saturday calling out China for its seizure of an unmanned US naval probe.

”China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters -- rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented (sic) act,” the real estate magnate wrote on his favorite platform.

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