Trump requests delay of China trip because of Iran war
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Washington — President Trump said Monday that he's requested to delay his trip to China because of the war with Iran, now in its third week. Joe Walsh contributed to this report. In:
Washington — President Trump said Monday that he's requested to delay his trip to China because of the war with Iran, now in its third week.
He said during an Oval Office event that he "was speaking to China" and indicated he'd "love to" go, "but because of the war, I want to be here. I have to be here, I feel."
"We've requested that we delay it a month or so. And I'm looking forward to being with him," Mr. Trump said of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The president, who was expected to visit China at the end of the month, has urged Beijing and other countries to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz to try to bring down oil prices that have surged since the Iran war began.
In an interview Sunday with the Financial Times, Mr. Trump said that China's reliance on oil from the Middle East means it should help with a new coalition he's trying to assemble to restart oil tanker traffic through the strait after Iran's threats have throttled global flows of oil.
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