u/GetOutOfTheWhey

Context:

• US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China is funding Iran by purchasing 90% of their energy exports, despite ongoing US sanctions.
• Meanwhile Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Trump to announce "Project Freedom", a US-led operation to escort stranded ships.
• US has called on China to help, Bessent urged China to join the international effort to reopen the strait.
• Recently China has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution, arguing it incorrectly framed the war and ignored the role of US and Israeli actions as aggressors of the war.
• It is however unclear how much of this is true as recently the United State has claimed victory on muliple occassions
  • March 15, "We've essentially defeated Iran."
  • March 20, "Oh, I think we won. We've knocked out their Navy, their Air Force. We've knocked out their anti-aircraft. We've knocked out everything... from a military standpoint, they're finished."
  • March 26, "The Iranian regime is now admitting to itself that they have been decisively defeated."
  • April 7, "Total and complete victory. 100%. No question about it."
• As such it's unclear if the US is playing political games asking China for assistance when they have declared on multiple times they have drew oh-so-decisive victory.