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Trump to discuss Iran with Xi Jinping during China visit: Officials (www.aljazeera.com)
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Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening to discuss the Iran war and other issues with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly said an opening ceremony and meeting will be on Thursday morning, and the trip will conclude on Friday. The US plans to host the Chinese leader during a reciprocal visit later this year.

Kelly said that this week’s trip would be of “tremendous symbolic significance” and focus on “rebalancing the relationship with China and prioritising reciprocity and fairness to restore American economic independence”. Trump’s visit, initially scheduled for earlier this year but postponed in March due to the US-Israel war on Iran, comes as the US president struggles to contain the fallout from the war, both at home and abroad. A senior administration official told news outlets in an anonymous briefing on Sunday that Trump could “apply pressure” to China on Iran in areas such as oil sales and Tehran’s purchase of potential dual-role military-civilian goods.

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[–] 3 points 6 months ago

Will he go...?

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    [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Trump to discuss staying alive, because even he doesn’t know what’s going to happen

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    [–] -2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I mean, ofc, there's nothing else to discuss besides US-Israel v. Iran (and the more direct American economic war on China, I guess).

    The Iran war is a proxy war against China the same way that the Ukraine war is a proxy war against Russia (I know most of the West and Lemmy aren't there yet but give it time), which altogether are the dying gasps of Western imperialism, spearheaded by a decaying, thoroughly dysfunctional USA.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    If the Iran war is a proxy war against China, then the US has lost even harder than they have against Iran. Iran is not an insignificant power and it has a deep feud with the US, so Trump attacking it has little to do with China. If he had properly considered China, he might've been more hesitant to go to war. We're in an era of multipolarity where many smaller players are vying for power just as much as the big 3.

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