China won’t help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz as requested by Donald Trump, but it is probably welcoming the delay in Trump’s highly anticipated trip to Beijing as the U.S. risks getting bogged down in the Middle East, analysts say.
The latest developments are unfolding as Trump’s Iran war, in its third week, is faced with mounting pressure as oil has stopped moving through the strait and U.S. allies have refused to step up to secure the strait. That has produced concerns that China, the United States’ biggest geopolitical rival, could stand to benefit from a war that some say was ill-considered.
The corollary to, “Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake” is, “Never help your enemy getting out of a mistake they made.”
There is no universe in the infinite multiverses in which this war was a good idea. I don’t know who talked Trump into it, but I am very surprised nobody told him to cut it out. (Note: I have a good idea who talked Trump into it, and maybe this convinces Trump not to listen to Bibi anymore.)