全国人大通过港区国安法，美国总统特朗普就中国事宜于周五（29日）举行记者会。特朗普宣布展开取消香港特殊地位的程序，令外界关注。不过，特朗普就香港发表一番「感性」的言论，更成为网民焦点。

特朗普表示：

二十多年前，在1997年的一个雨夜，英国士兵在香港把英国旗徐徐降下，而中国士兵则缓媛升起中国旗。那时，香港人同时为自己的中国传统及独特的香港身份感到自豪。

（More than two decades ago， on a rainy night in 1997， British soldiers lowered the Union Flag and Chinese soldiers raised the Chinese flag in Hong Kong. The people of Hong Kong felt simutanously proud of their Chinese heritage and their unique Hong Kong identity. ）

特朗普续指：

当时，香港人希望在未来的漫长岁月裡，中国会变得愈来愈像，它这座最活力四射及生机勃勃的城市。曾让举世振奋的是，人们乐观地认为，香港可以成为中国未来的愿景，而非中国过去的倒影。

（The people of Hong Kong hoped that in the years and decades to come, China would increasingly come to resemble its most radiant and dynamic city. The rest of the world was electrified by a sense of optimism that Hong Kong was a glimpse into China’s future, not that Hong Kong would grow into a reflection of China’s past.）