Trump: China and Russia spy, so do we; Simply better than them Donald Trump, the President of the United States, said in a statement about the intelligence activities of China and Russia: Espionage between great powers is not a new issue, and Washington is also doing the same. In an interview, Trump said: When he was warned that China and Russia were spying on the United States, he replied: "Yes, we spy on them too." He went on to claim that the American intelligence agencies work even better than their competitors and repeated several times: "Don't worry."