Trump admitted at a rally in Iowa that the United States is spying on Russia and China Donald Trump spoke about intelligence activities at a campaign event in Dubuque, Iowa. According to him, Washington conducts espionage against Moscow and Beijing, which, in turn, operate in a similar manner. Trump recounted a hypothetical dialogue: he was told that China was spying on the United States, to which he replied, "And we spy on them too, don't worry." When the interlocutor continued to talk about the threat from China and Russia, the president noted that this is true, but the United States is doing it "even better."