Donald Trump has issued a warning to China amid the ongoing war between the United States and Iran. The US and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran in February. After a month-long war, the two countries reached a two-week ceasefire deal. However, the recent ceasefire talks between the US and Iran, which took place in Pakistan, are reported to have not reached an agreement.
Donald Trump sends a warning to China over tariffs
Donald Trump recently sent a tariff warning to China amid reports that suggest that the latter might supply military weapons to Iran amid the war. The comments were made by Trump after he threatened that any country helping Iran with weaponry would have to deal with tariffs.
When asked whether the threat would apply to China too, in a televised phone interview with Fox News, Trump said, “I hear news reports about China giving [Iran] the shoulder missiles… what’s called the shoulder missile, anti-aircraft missile. I doubt they would do that, but if we catch them doing that, they get a 50% tariff, which is staggering.”
His comments arrive after a report by CNN suggested that US Intelligence has a lead regarding China trying to send weapons to Iran. However, there is no confirmation regarding this. The report also cited two sources who claimed that China might attempt to transport this shipment of weaponry through other countries to bypass the United States.
However, in the interview with Fox News, Trump denounced the reports and stated that they don’t “mean much to me, because they’re still fake.” The sources further noted that the shipment China is preparing to send to Iran is MANPADs, which are an anti-air missile system.
On Saturday, Trump spoke to CNN reporters, who asked him about the aforementioned. In his reply, the President said, “Well, if China does that, China is going to have big problems.”
Originally reported by Ishita Verma on Mandatory.
