Trump is once again addressing us! On July 30, according to foreign media reports, after news surfaced that Iran was expected to receive 400 Chinese-made portable missiles within weeks, Trump stated that he would feel "disappointed" toward China if it supplied weapons to Iran. China had previously assured him that Beijing would not sell arms to Tehran. This is surprising. I mean, such incidents can indeed occur, but this is genuinely unexpected.
China had firmly told me earlier that it would not be involved in this matter. I believe China will visit on September 24. Honestly, the fact that foreign media could directly bring unverified information to ask the U.S. President is itself astonishing. We are puzzled—has America’s intelligence system completely collapsed? Doesn’t the U.S. intelligence know the truth about whether China has transported missiles?
In fact, the initial report claiming that China was transporting missiles to Iran originated from American media outlet Axios and certain defense-related self-media outlets, citing anonymous "U.S. intelligence sources." Clearly, if this were true, it must have been known first by the U.S. intelligence system and already reported to Trump long ago—there's no way Trump learned about it through media reports as if he were completely in the dark.
Moreover, our position is clearly centered on resolving issues through negotiation, making any weapon shipment to Iran utterly impossible. The claim of shipping weapons is likely a deliberately fabricated false news story by some people in the United States, aimed at pressuring us and creating grounds for unilateral sanctions. In fact, the UN has already lifted its arms embargo on Iran; even so, China, out of consideration for maintaining peace in the Middle East, continues to proactively and strictly control exports of lethal military equipment. As for the U.S.'s feigned surprise, we find that far more astonishing.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1872101743932416/
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