{"id":2601757,"date":"2026-05-12T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-doesnt-need-help-from-china-to-end-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:00:19","slug":"trump-says-he-doesnt-need-help-from-china-to-end-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-doesnt-need-help-from-china-to-end-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he doesn&#8217;t need help from China to end Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-he-doesnt-need-help-from-china-to-end-iran-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Donald Trump said he doesn\u2019t believe Chinese President xi jinping needs to intervene in the war in Iran. Speaking ahead of a multiday summit with Xi in Beijing, Trump expressed confidence the conflict will end soon and said the two leaders would likely discuss it on Thursday. He pointed to the U.S. blockade around the Strait of Hormuz, arguing it is indeed working and that China has not had issues as the region provides China with significant oil supplies.Trump also claimed Iran\u2019s military capabilities have been largely eliminated and warned that Iran would either \u201cdo the right thing\u201d or the U.S. would \u201cfinish the job.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4562834\/trump-seriously-considering-venezuela-51st-state\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said on Tuesday that he doesn\u2019t need Chinese President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"233\"> Xi Jinping<\/a> to intervene in the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4556500\/rubio-vance-2028-iran\/\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke to reporters before departing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> for a multiday summit with Xi in Beijing. The president voiced confidence that the conflict would soon come to a conclusion, but said the two leaders would likely discuss the topic on Thursday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4565074\/trump-says-ballroom-project-doubled\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says ballroom project has \u2018doubled\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4565100\/trump-financial-situation-not-motivating-talks-end-iran-war\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says people\u2019s \u2018financial situation\u2019 not motivating talks to end Iran war<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4564597\/trump-criticize-judge-apology-correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump criticizes judge\u2019s apology to correspondent\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-cole-thomas-allen-the-trump-dinner-shooting-suspect\/\" title=\"Who is Cole Thomas Allen, the ... dinner shooting suspect?\">dinner shooting suspect<\/a>: \u2018Never apologized to J6\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have a long talk about it. I think he\u2019s been relatively good, to be honest. You look at the blockade, no problem,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-13-national-military-k9-veterans-day-commemorates-first-day-of-training-for-armys-war-dog-program-in-1942\/\" title=\"March 13: National Military K9 Veterans Day, commemorates first day of training for army\u2019s ... dog program in 1942\">president stated<\/a>. \u201c[China gets] a lot of their oil from that area. We\u2019ve had no problem. And he\u2019s been a friend of mine. He\u2019s been somebody that we get along with.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When pressed by reporters, Trump said he didn\u2019t think Xi needed to intervene with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we need any help with Iran,\u201d said the president. \u201cWe\u2019ll win it one way or the other. We\u2019ll win it peacefully or otherwise. [Iran\u2019s] navy is gone. Their air force is gone. 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Deal\">war machine<\/a> is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ll either do the right thing, or we\u2019re just going to finish the job,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments came as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >domestic gas prices continue<\/a> to rise as a result of the U.S. blockade of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4528130\/trump-strait-hormuz-blockade-unlikely-draw-china-into-iran-war\/\"><strong>TRUMP\u2019S HORMUZ BLOCKADE UNLIKELY TO DRAWN CHINA INTO IRAN CONFLICT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president defended the operation, claiming that the blockade is \u201cgoing to work out very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019re going to have so much oil, you\u2019re gonna have a gusher of oil like you\u2019ve never had before. So when oil goes up a little bit, I thought it would go up much more,\u201d he claimed. \u201cWhen this war is over, oil is going to drop. The stock market\u2019s going to go through the roof, and \u2014 truly, I think we\u2019re in the golden age right now \u2014 you\u2019re going to see a golden age like we\u2019ve ever seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said Tuesday he doesn\u2019t need Xi to intervene in Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2601758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26132658584711.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4501,3823,3634],"class_list":["post-2601757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-china","tag-iran","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26132658584711.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601757"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601761,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601757\/revisions\/2601761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}