President Donald Trump threatened to delay his summit with Xi Jinping if Beijing doesn’t help secure the Strait of Hormuz, as the U.S.-Israel war stifles oil supplies and unsettles ties between the world’s biggest economies.Trump stressed China’s dependence on oil from the Middle East in an interview with The Financial Times, as he reiterated a demand for Beijing to help unblock the key waterway. One day earlier, the Republican leader appealed to China
to join a team effort to send ships to the strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes. Trump stressed China’s dependence on oil from the Middle East in an interview with The Financial Times, as he reiterated a demand for Beijing to help unblock the key waterway. One day earlier, the Republican leader appealed to China to join a team effort to send ships to the strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes .It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump said Sunday in the interview. His trip to Beijing slated for the end of this month would be too late, Trump added, underscoring his growing urgency around efforts to counter Iran’s chokehold on the strait.
Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT”The sudden change in tone came just days after the 47th POTUS accused China of taking a “sinister and hostile” step by imposing sweeping export controls on rare earth elements: a move that reignited tensions between the world’s two largest economies. He warned that China was attempting to “hold the world captive” and hinted at a “massive increase of tariffs” on Chinese goods.
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