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China is fueling the Iran War — can Trump stop them?

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Six months after America launched its war and blockade against Iran, the Islamic Republic is still projecting defiance. Its economy should be in shambles — yet the regime is behaving as though time is on its side. It hasn’t abandoned its regional ambitions or restrained its terrorist proxies. Instead, this week it escalated.

That escalation is now visible on both sides of the Arabian Peninsula. Iran continues to impede commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. On the other side, the Houthis have seized the critical Yemeni port of Mokha, advanced toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and reached strategic Red Sea islands.

Not only has Saudi Arabia seen both maritime exits blocked, but its east-west oil pipeline was put out of commission by fire from Iranian proxies apparently operating from Iraq.

This is becoming a strategic embarrassment for the United States and its allies. Every additional week in which Iran appears able to dictate the region’s economic temperature weakens the West’s credibility. Add the danger of Iran’s regime surviving not only intact but strengthened — still building a bomb, spreading terrorism and massacring its people — and fixing this becomes a clear priority.

Doing so should be the top line on Trump’s agenda at his Sept. 24 summit with Xi Jinping. Because China is fueling this war.

Yes, the US and China have much to discuss on trade, AI, tariffs, intellectual property, currency, Russia and more. But this — the unfinished business with Iran — is the house on fire. He must convince Xi to reduce China’s economic support for Iran.

China supplies the economic oxygen that allows this........

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