Since Operation Epic Fury began, Iran has shipped at least 11.7 million barrels of crude oil to China through the Strait of Hormuz, while Beijing has publicly backed Iran against U.S. and Israeli strikes. That’s the backdrop for President Donald Trump’s expected meeting with CCP leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
NTD’s White House reporter was set to travel with the president, but ran into a credentialing hiccup—a disappointing but not unexpected outcome given NTD’s history of exposing the CCP’s crimes and its stance on communism.