The US Ambassador to China David Perdue made an appearance on Fox's America's Newsroom this Friday and was asked about his statement during an interview on CNBC where he said that Trump told Xi that direct or indirect support for Iran was "totally unacceptable" during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House this week.
HEMMER: How did Xi respond to that?
PERDUE: Well, this has been a continual conversation over some period of time, and President Xi responded as you might expect. They talked about the US interest. President Trump did a great job making sure that China knows that this is unacceptable.
We've seen some movement over the last month as well, but this isn't the first time that President Trump has brought it up with President Xi.
HEMMER: Okay, does that mean that Beijing will stop in their aid and assistance to Iran?
PERDUE: Well, we've seen movement, Bill, on that already. That's what the commitment is. They assured us yesterday they're not doing that. Well, we know that in the past that there were some intel and some potential parts that went to... either directly or indirectly, but President Trump again made it very clear this is unacceptable to us to have any interaction with Iran with regard to support of this war.
HEMMER: How about this idea? Does Beijing agree with the United States that Iran cannot be nuclear?
PERDUE: Well, it's interesting. In May and since then, President Trump, one of the great outcomes of the May visit, the summit in Beijing, and when you were there, you reported on it, was that there were three things with regard to Iran that Xi Jinping and Trump agreed to.
One, that China or Iran would never have a nuclear weapon. Two, is that the Strait of Hormuz would be open. And three, very importantly, that no country would ever be allowed to put tolls on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
During the dinner attended by scores of business and tech titans, Mr. Trump called Xi and his wife "truly outstanding, amazing people," and said the US and China should "continue to build a relationship that promotes prosperity and security." Xi said he would like to forge a relationship defined by "strategic stability" and called for the two sides to "act as responsible major countries."
Mr. Trump said he had a "great meeting" with Xi but did not answer questions on the substance of the talks. During the state dinner, Xi said they "reached common understanding on many issues."
The visit comes as the US and China extend a months-long tariff truce and navigate uncertainty around Iran, Ukraine and Taiwan.
So nothing, basically. Aaron Rupar summed up the segment above nicely.
UN Ambassador to China David Perdue claims China pinky swore to Trump that they will stop helping Iran kill US troops
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