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Trump says he does not believe China and Russia are helping Iran 'at all'
The Times of Israel ^ | 10/18/2026 | Reuters

Posted on 10/13/2026 5:41:33 AM PDT by thegagline

US President Donald Trump says he does not believe that China and Russia were helping Iran “at all,” adding that Moscow and Beijing had “too much to lose” if they enabled Tehran.

Trump says on Truth Social that he had seen comments from his critics and opponents that China and Russia were helping Iran.

“If they are, it’s at a very low level, but I don’t believe they are at all. They have too much to lose, and we would know about it, and know about it very fast,” Trump writes.

Trump said in July he trusted China and Russia not to help Tehran in the Iran war, but warned that if they did get involved “it would be very bad for them.”

Trump has previously described Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin as “neutral” during the Iran war.

Moscow and Beijing maintain close ties with Tehran. Russia has said the Iran war could lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Beijing has condemned Washington’s attacks on Tehran as a brazen violation of Iran’s sovereignty.

Last month, Trump warned Xi against providing support to Iran when the Chinese leader visited Washington, and received assurances that China would not do so, the US ambassador to China said at the time.

The warning came amid reports that China had supplied Iran with shoulder-fired ​air-defense missile launchers and that Tehran had found ways to evade sanctions on its oil sales with Chinese ​help.

In September, Trump brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before an attack that killed three US troops there in July.

An official told Bloomberg last week that Russia is providing the Islamic Republic with missiles.***

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; denialism; iran; irgc; putinstoogery; russia; tds; tdstrolls; thetimesofisrael; waronterror

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1 posted on 10/13/2026 5:41:34 AM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

He thinks his voters are fools.


2 posted on 10/13/2026 5:45:54 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: thegagline

He thinks his voters are fools.


3 posted on 10/13/2026 5:45:56 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: thegagline

He thinks his voters are fools.


4 posted on 10/13/2026 5:45:58 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: thegagline

He thinks his voters are fools.


5 posted on 10/13/2026 5:46:01 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: thegagline

He thinks his voters are fools.


6 posted on 10/13/2026 5:46:02 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: GrootheWanderer

We heard you the first four times


7 posted on 10/13/2026 5:53:23 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: thegagline

Is anyone surprised? Lines were drawn and sides taken in 2014 when the Ukie war was started. The Tit for Tat.

The U.S. and EU jumped all in with their Ukrainian proxy war against Russia. China and the Norkies did the same for Russia, Russia doing the same in Iran.

Why? China knows if the Neo Cons destroy Russia, they are next...Tit for Tat.


8 posted on 10/13/2026 6:05:33 AM PDT by delta7
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To: thegagline

Seems to me Trump is more interested as being know as “The Art of the Deal” master now than actually resolving the problems such as in Iran. I hope I”m wrong.


9 posted on 10/13/2026 6:06:39 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: thegagline

I guess Trump feels he has to say this since he’s getting serious pushback on his agreement to buy diesel from Russia. With the whole world knowing that Russia will use the profits from this sale to continue sending weapons and missiles to Iran.


10 posted on 10/13/2026 6:22:43 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
Yep, looks bad if Russia then helps Iran.


11 posted on 10/13/2026 6:31:35 AM PDT by tlozo (“Russia war-Either money today or blood tomorrow," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk)
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To: thegagline
Everything in Trump's life is transactional. Everything. The fact that he is breaking the very embargo he signed into law and that the funds used will go to Iran is completely lost on him.
12 posted on 10/13/2026 6:40:12 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: delta7

“”””The U.S. and EU jumped all in with their Ukrainian proxy war against Russia. China and the Norkies did the same for Russia, Russia doing the same in Iran.
Why? China knows if the Neo Cons destroy Russia, they are next...Tit for Tat.””””

If Russia doesn’t succeed in taking Ukraine and overcome the American and Western aid, then the Communists in China could also fail? How about North Korea, are they also at risk if America and Europe saves Ukraine?


13 posted on 10/13/2026 6:55:06 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: Poison Pill
Everything in Trump's life is transactional. Everything. The fact that he is breaking the very embargo he signed into law and that the funds used will go to Iran is completely lost on him.

Art of the Deal, FRiend.

14 posted on 10/13/2026 6:56:29 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: thegagline

I thought President Trump doesn’t drink.


15 posted on 10/13/2026 6:59:11 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: thegagline

So if the IRAN-Russia-North Korea-China Alliance tells Trump :
“There is a city with little green men on the dark side of the moon...”

Trump will say 24 hours later :
“There is a city with little green men on the dark side of the moon!”


16 posted on 10/13/2026 7:02:38 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
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To: Night Hides Not
Art of the Deal, FRiend.

Oh, I have no doubt that that is how Trump sees it. And American servicemen killed or injured with weapons and intel purchased with with those funds by Iran are just part of the art of that deal.

17 posted on 10/13/2026 7:08:49 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: ansel12

Trump did not break an embargo he signed into law.


18 posted on 10/13/2026 7:12:16 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ansel12

That was meant for Poison Pill.


19 posted on 10/13/2026 7:13:02 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: thegagline

Could this be a Trump “fake out”? Lulling Russia and China into believing they are getting away with something?


20 posted on 10/13/2026 7:14:51 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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