New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (September 3) said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping "were hoping I was watching" their joint appearance at a massive military parade in Beijing.

"I thought it was very very impressive, but I understood the reason they were doing it. And they were hoping I was watching - and I was watching," Trump said, describing the spectacle as strategic military showboating.

The parade marked the 80th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, featuring displays of advanced weaponry and leaders from US adversaries including North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Asked whether he had been invited, Trump dismissed the possib...