Lindsey Graham

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You name the allies of China, they're all dirtbags.

They're aligned with the worst people in the world.

They're buying oil cheaply from Iran, keeping their war machine going.

Same thing with Russia.

If China stopped buying Iranian oil or threatened to do it, the war in Iran would be over.

All I'm asking China to do is help us open up the Strait of Hormuz, help us stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, because I think they would use it.

Help us end the bloodbath in Russia and Ukraine that is hurting the world economy.

If you help us,

I will be very grateful.

If you don't help us and you continue to prop up these regimes, I will do business with you on Monday and put tariffs on you on Tuesday.

And the only thing China understands is what I just said.

Xi is not a crazy man.

He's not irrational.

If he believed President Trump would crush his economy, the Chinese economy, for propping up Putin and Iran, I think he would change his behavior.

You don't need to threaten him directly.

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