US President Donald Trump has played down his own claims of Chinese election interference in US elections, saying it is "not a one-way street" and that "we do things to them, too."

it's not a one-way street
— Donald Trump
We do things to them, too
— Donald Trump

Trump said he would talk to China about the election interference, which he described as having taken place "a long time ago." He added that China "is maybe a little bit different today than it was then."

The president also claimed that China had collected 220 million US voter registration files.