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U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting he may delay his much-anticipated visit to China at the end of the month as he seeks to ramp up the pressure on Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and calm oil prices that have soared during the Iran war.

In an interview Sunday with the Financial Times, Trump said China's reliance on oil from the Middle East means it ought to help with a new coalition he is trying to put together to get oil tanker traffic moving through the strait after Iran's threats have throttled global flows of oil.

Trump said "we'd like to know" before the trip whether Beijing will help. "We may delay," Trump said in the interview.

The uncertainty underscores just how much the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have reshaped global politics in the past two weeks. Calling off the face-to-face visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping could have its own major economic consequences: Relations between Washington and Beijing have been fraught as both sides have threatened the other with steep tariffs over the past year.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How do you say "Lol, no, off you fuck" in Mandarin?

Or "You don't have the cards"?

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

哈哈,去你的

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

滚开,圆眼

Translate seems to have toned down my original word choice, but whatever lol

[–] manxu@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

The uncertainty underscores just how much the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have reshaped global politics in the past two weeks.

I don't know. It somehow feels like the strikes have mostly shown how the U.S./Israeli coalition massively overplayed its hand. Did they really reshape global politics?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago

Smart countries are gonna do the math for money/lives sending ships vs just investing in renewables and living Trump to clean up his own mess.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Such a strong man with the biggliest navy and uuuuge hands.

[–] stumu415@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like China cares. They have closed other trade deals and their export last year actually increased. Not to the US of course but they are becoming more irrelevant by the day.

Plus China will not provide any military support because they never do. They do provide UN peacekeeping forces but even those are limited.

I don't know what Trump is thinking but he has no standing in Beijing or with the Chinese people.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe China should put together a coalition but tell the states to stay away.

Win win without any military used. And a double loss for trump

[–] AmazingSUPERG@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago

Easier way to calm oil prices is to just leave the area. Afterall the war is over. Victory was achieved.