By Sanxuan
Trump, who had his request for a sum rejected, is blowing again.
Recently, Trump claimed in an interview that the United States would ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open and protect Chinese ships.
Blowing again
Yes, you didn't hear it wrong. He said Chinese ships. Trump claimed that China would be affected much more than the United States, and to help China and other countries, the United States must stop Iran's plot and ensure smooth global energy trade.
The next second, he continued to blow, saying he was happy to do something for China because everyone knows that the United States and China are good friends, and he himself will soon visit China.
After the United States got deeply involved in the Middle East conflict, there were many speculations that Trump might have to cancel his visit to China. One reason was that he couldn't make time, and another was that it was inappropriate for a leader of a war-starting country to do so.
The most important thing is that China has not given a positive response to the American statements, only saying that the leaders of the two countries have been in close communication, but the specific time and arrangements for Trump's visit to China have not been confirmed yet.
Strait of Hormuz
According to the American plan, Trump will visit China at the end of this month. So after making these remarks, the outside world generally believed that he was implying that he would visit China as scheduled, but if the Middle East conflict hasn't ended by then, whether he can come is uncertain.
In fact, Chinese ships have never been blocked, and even many foreign ships have used Chinese identities to pass through the strait, with successful cases already existing.
Trump is full of "winning" theories, completely ignoring that the United States and its allies are the ones being blocked. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard directly stated that as long as European and Arab countries expel their American and Israeli ambassadors, their ships would be released immediately.
Aside from European and Middle Eastern allies, one of America's allies is also a key target of Iran's focus - Japan. Japan relies on the Middle East for 95% of its oil, but its oil tankers are stuck on both sides of the strait, unable to move. Although Takahashi Hayana doesn't say anything, she must be very anxious inside.
Passage rate of the Strait of Hormuz has greatly decreased
Trump threatened that if Iran does not open the strait, the United States will strike Iran with 20 times more intensity than now. Although he himself does not want to see this happen.
He also said that the U.S. Navy could be deployed when necessary to provide escort services for oil tankers passing through the strait. However, after saying that, there was no further action. Every time the journalists asked about related issues, the White House always replied with "under assessment."
At the moment when everyone was confused, Trump's Energy Secretary Wright suddenly appeared, claiming that an oil tanker had already passed through the strait under the protection of the U.S. Navy.
As soon as the news came out, international oil prices dropped immediately, while the U.S. stock market rose accordingly. But the next moment, a dramatic scene happened again: Wright's tweet was quickly deleted, and the White House also issued a statement denying that the U.S. Navy had provided escort for the ship. This situation is hard not to suspect that Trump's team is once again manipulating the stock market.
Trump and his makeshift team
Not long after the incident, Fox News host Keilmeid mentioned Trump's words on his show. Trump told him that the ships wanting to pass through should bravely go through the Strait of Hormuz, and the reason was that the Iranian navy had been destroyed by the U.S. military.
For the United States, providing escort for ships does not bring strategic advantages, at most it can salvage Trump's increasingly poor reputation, because forcing passage through the Strait of Hormuz carries high risks and may repeat the "ship attacks" of the Iran-Iraq War period.
But regardless, this has nothing to do with China. I hope that Trump and his team will stop picking on China anymore.
Original: toutiao.com/article/7615897155664069129/
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