Trump says Xi promised not to provide military equipment to Iran

“At the same time, [Xi] said, you know, they buy a lot of their oil there, and they’d like to keep doing that,” the president said. “He’d like to see Hormuz Strait opened. I said, ‘Well, we didn’t stop it. They did, and then we stopped them.’ It’s sort of interesting. Trump additionally claimed that Xi expressed displeasure with Iran’s recent implementation of tolls on commerce through the international waterway. Prior to departing the White House for Beijing, Trump told reporters that he didn’t require Xi’s aid to end the Israel-U.S. war with Iran. TRUMP AND XI GO BIG ON…