iPINIONS warned days before CNN reported that the ceasefire with Iran was always likely to give China time to help Tehran rearm.
This new commentary argues that Trump’s response exposes something even darker: a president more interested in courting autocrats and enriching himself than in defending the democratic alliance America built after World War II.

Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/china-arms-iran-to-kill-americans
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