{"id":2602623,"date":"2026-05-14T10:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-xi-agreed-iran-cant-have-a-nuclear-weapon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:34:43","slug":"white-house-says-xi-agreed-iran-cant-have-a-nuclear-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-xi-agreed-iran-cant-have-a-nuclear-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"White House says Xi agreed Iran can&#8217;t have a &#8216;nuclear weapon&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwhite-house-says-xi-agreed-iran-cant-have-a-nuclear-weapon%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=2602623&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>The White House says President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed during their Beijing summit that the Strait of Hormuz must stay open for the free flow of energy and that Iran must never obtain a nuclear weapon. The readouts also emphasize Xi\u2019s opposition to any militarization or tolling of the strait and note his interest in buying more American oil to lessen China\u2019s reliance on Hormuz. The report adds that China has long supported Iran and is a major buyer of Iranian oil, which makes up a notable share of china\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-iran-war-could-give-us-leverage-over-china-and-taiwan\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s ... war could give US leverage over ... and Taiwan\">total oil consumption<\/a>. It also mentions that Trump recently rejected a new Iranian peace proposal.  <\/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>The White House said on Wednesday that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Chinese President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"233\">Xi Jinping <\/a>agreed during a bilateral summit that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and that Iran can \u201cnever have a nuclear weapon.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump is halfway through a two-day bilateral summit with Xi in Beijing. The two leaders have spent hours behind <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >closed doors discussing trade<\/a>, the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>, and existing American policies regarding <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4564423\/allies-xi-jinping-no-shot-convince-trump-change-taiwan-policy\/\">Taiwan<\/a>.<\/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\/4568029\/trump-xi-big-pomp-light-substance\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump and Xi go big on the pomp but light on the substance<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4567970\/trump-invite-china-president-xi-jinping-visit-washington-dc\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump invites Xi Jinping to visit Washington, DC<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4567573\/vance-fraud-task-force-fuels-early-2028-clashes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-invites-xi-jinping-to-visit-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Trump invites ... Jinping to visit Washington, DC\">anti-fraud task force fuels early clashes<\/a> with 2028 Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Both nations provided readouts indicating to their respective countries that the leaders had sufficiently discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-thune-join-bad-faith-dogpile-on-tuberville-for-fighting-militarys-taxpayer-funded-abortion-racket\/\" title=\"McConnell and Thune criticize Tuberville&#039;s stance on military-funded abortions.\">top-line issues<\/a>. On Iran, in particular, the White House said that Xi had agreed with Trump on the need to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that Tehran\u2019s nuclear ambitions must be stunted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cThe two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tensions-flare-between-china-india-after-clashes-at-himalayan-border\/\" title=\"Tensions flare between ..., India after clashes at Himalayan border\">sides agreed<\/a> that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open to support the free flow of energy. President Xi also made clear China\u2019s opposition to the militarization of the Strait and any effort to charge a toll for its use, and he expressed interest in purchasing more American oil to reduce China\u2019s dependence on the Strait in the future,\u201d the White House wrote. \u201cBoth countries agreed that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4566063\/china-red-carpet-trump-arrival\/\"><strong>CHINA ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET, AMERICAN FLAGS, AND MILITARY HONOR GUARD FOR TRUMP\u2019S ARRIVAL IN BEIJING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>China has long supported the regime in Tehran and is one of its largest clients when it comes to oil. Between 25% and 50% of the total oil consumed in China comes from Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Trump rejected a recent peace proposal from Tehran. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House said Trump and Xi agreed the Strait of Hormuz must stay open and Iran can never get nuclear weapons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2602624,"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\/AP26134405224437_b46e2c.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,3823,37107,32127,35581],"class_list":["post-2602623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-iran","tag-nuclear-weapons","tag-white-house","tag-xi-jinping"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26134405224437_b46e2c.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602623","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=2602623"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602627,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602623\/revisions\/2602627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}