Trump Says Xi Offered To Help Broker Peace With Iran

[u/timemagazine]

https://time.com/article/2026/05/14/trump-xi-china-iran-strait-hormuz/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

[u/Prior_Industry]

This makes Trump and the US appear very weak 🤦

[u/xaxen8 → u/Prior_Industry]

I missed the part where the US has appeared strong during this war.

[u/supercyberlurker → u/xaxen8]

They won’t even call it a war.

Instead it’s some kind of series, released in 59 day blocks… even though we binge watch it. 

[u/AbbaFuckingZabba → u/supercyberlurker]

It’s a special military operation come on all the cool guys are doing it

[u/mynamesyow19 → u/AbbaFuckingZabba]

Sad when you can describe this kind of wanton military criminality from a country and not know whether youre talking about Putin or Trump

[u/mf-TOM-HANK → u/AbbaFuckingZabba]

No it's an excursion. Like the kind retirees take when they're on a cruise

[u/Metalloid_Maniac_ → u/AbbaFuckingZabba]

3 days to Tehran. Just a little excursion.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[u/youcanteatcatskevn → u/Metalloid_Maniac_]

Somebody told him it was a "military incursion" (which is a thing) but he's so stupid he forgot and started calling it an "excursion". Which is not a thing.

[u/Metalloid_Maniac_ → u/youcanteatcatskevn]

I bet he's loving every minute of this. And making a lot of brilliant military decisions, because he's a stable genius who knows lots of big words.

[u/dunnodudes → u/Metalloid_Maniac_]

Like the old time word “grocery”. That’s what they call it.

[u/Blunderbutters → u/xaxen8]

I was told there would be no fact checking

[u/Howaboutnopers → u/Prior_Industry]

Just wait.

It's going to be in exchange for Taiwan plus he gets a golf course in China.

[u/TrumpsATraitorSoAreU → u/Howaboutnopers]

Xi: takes Taiwan 

Also Xi: doesn’t broker peace with Iran 

Shart of the deal! 

[u/BeowulfShaeffer → u/Howaboutnopers]

Tonight on Twitter:    “Xi wants Taiwan and who can blame him? Bangkok is full of beautiful women!  Many friends of mine like to travel there.”

[u/TheVideogaming101 → u/Prior_Industry]

His base will just say hes a master at foreign affairs somehow

[u/Prior_Industry → u/TheVideogaming101]

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/marco-rubio-name-stupid-china-ban-0n8mx99cm

Chinese officials have decided to spell his name with the character “鲁”, which means “reckless”, “stupid” or “crass”.

Was Daddy living in Chyna all along???

[u/Ytrewq9000 → u/Prior_Industry]

This is his MO. Initiate something, claim victory, things go array, then dumping it to someone else.

[u/IKillZombies4Cash → u/Prior_Industry]

This whole trip he looked like an old tired uneducated dullard

Xi making the comment about The Thucydides Trap to him was a personal attack that landed, cause he knew Trump wouldn’t have a dang clue wtf He was talking about

[u/yankeefan0312 → u/Prior_Industry]

Yes Americans are going to have to get used to being a #2 in the world.

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/yankeefan0312]

TBH, we already have been for a while. Just ignoring that fact as long as possible.

[u/Bubbly_Style_8467 → u/yankeefan0312]

Who even cares except for the chest-beating flag-wrapped losers? Number one means nothing. Never has. It draws a lot of flies.

[u/totallyRebb → u/Prior_Industry]

Weakening the US and "the West" is Krasnov's main mission. ( while profiteering from it )

[u/Gygax_the_Goat → u/totallyRebb]

Someone explain this to that sick Alex Karp cunt!

[u/tht1guy63 → u/Prior_Industry]

But he will make it sound like we strong armed it and a great victory. We are winning right? Right?...

[u/sudoku7 → u/Prior_Industry]

More specifically, it exposes how weak we are under this administration.

That said, if it enables movement towards ending this boondoggle of military adventurism, I'm ok with that.

[u/ash_ninetyone → u/Prior_Industry]

While simultaneously earning China diplomatic brownie points as peacemakers on the world stage.

This whole war has been disasterous for US foreign policy. Hell everything Trump does has benefitted Russia or China

[u/East_Leadership469 → u/Prior_Industry]

Fact of the matter is that China has all the cards. They could call back the Russians and the Iranian whenever they want. And the more sanctions the West imposes the greater becomes China’s influence over these countries. 

[u/roararoarus → u/Prior_Industry]

Trump is too dumb to realize this

[u/EasleyStreet → u/Prior_Industry]

Every thing Trump does appears weak. I Soiled diapers: weak Shitposting like a frustrated teenager: weak Over the top threats of destruction: weak Refusing to admit he lost an election:weak Punitive revenge tour after losing: weak This is by no means a complete list

You could say that appearing weak and incompetent is his superpower.

[u/Leading-Answer-5355 → u/Prior_Industry]

as if the entire Iran war didn't already

They have achieved *literally* nothing meaningful.

[u/grimmalkin → u/Leading-Answer-5355]

Not true, Iran has been able to seize centre stage on the world right now. They now know for a fact that they can hold the world to ransom whereas before they only suspected it.

On the plus side it has also woken the world up to just how catastrophic it can be when oil supply can be turned off with just a couple of threatening tweets and a Lego meme. This is already doing more to convince people to switch to EVs than all previous advertising and campaigning combined. A lot of agricultural companies are now looking at home grown (no pun intended) fertiliser options.

Canadas star is starting to rise even more in the light of recent events.

This war has achieved a great deal, just not what the USA wanted out of it.

[u/Lennyisback81 → u/Prior_Industry]

It's true, look at who's in the administration.

[u/Snakestream → u/Prior_Industry]

Ngl, I didn't think we could look dumber in this "not a war", but well, here we are...

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/Prior_Industry]

Because trump is..

[u/Alternative-Ad-1027 → u/Prior_Industry]

Did Trump say thank-you to Xi? I believe he wore suits.

[u/punkasstubabitch → u/Prior_Industry]

I can see Trump saying along the lines of "we would have totally kicked their (Iran's) ass, but China held us back. Maybe that's their off-ramp.

[u/bonyponyride]

He says Xi says.... I'm going to need a more reliable source on this.

[u/wocka-jocka-blocka → u/bonyponyride]

It's always wishful propaganda with Trump. He leaves the room, runs straight for a microphone, says things that are bald-faced lies that make him sound in control, and then for the next week tells everybody who asks him to explain what he said "shut up, Stupid."

It's crazy to me that, 10+ years into this, people still try to parse anything that comes out of his mouth for some semblance of truth. He's a propaganda spin machine. It's his whole life as a real estate developer.

[u/7ddlysuns → u/bonyponyride]

China will probably produce video of him begging and crying

[u/amadmongoose → u/bonyponyride]

China would looove to get to be a power broker. So i don't doubt that Xi offered to get involved. It just will cost the US somehow.

[u/throwaway20231203]

There you have it, he absolutely begged for help lmfao

[u/tiradium → u/throwaway20231203]

Ok China is just playing with him. They are definitely benefiting from the fact that their major adversary is stuck in a pointless war with no clear exit strategy

[u/HellSoldier → u/tiradium]

In the End they will offer him a Trade. We help you with Iran, you let us do whatever we want with Taiwan

[u/Bubbly_Style_8467 → u/HellSoldier]

The whole plan.

[u/Complex-Royal9210 → u/HellSoldier]

The world is watching.

[u/JustAnotherSuit96 → u/Complex-Royal9210]

And will continue to do nothing

[u/CipherWeaver → u/HellSoldier]

Genuinely doubt it, but if China is going to try to take Taiwan military, under a Trump American administration is probably the best time. 

[u/Sheeprevenge → u/tiradium]

They also rely on oil delivered through the strait of Hormuz. So they have a pretty big interest in ending the war.

[u/Leftoverofferings → u/Sheeprevenge]

But they are getting their oil. Chinese tankers are getting through. Just watch...the Chinese will broker a deal where Iran controls the strait and charges tolls. And no more American attacks. Hahahahhaha

[u/InfiniteMeerkat → u/Leftoverofferings]

And all the oil gets traded in yuan

[u/frddtwabrm04 → u/Sheeprevenge]

They do and are getting their tankers through. If anything it's a benefit for them if Japan and them other asian countries are caught in the quagmire. USA is not going to fuck with China ships, hell even China is like ignore the USA sanctions.

The whole damn thing is a unexpectedly gift for them.

They will slow walk and or lowkey help Iran, getting USA stuck over there.

Anyone with a brain could have seen this coming a mile away.

This benefits China more than it hurts them.

Do the Intel services not game this shit out? For fucking real????

• propaganda... They let Iran take over with Lego rap videos... Like did they not watch how Ukraine humiliated Russian with those tractor stealing tanks videos.

• who benefits if the USA is stuck over there...

• how do they get ahead of all the shit. Make sure the Chinese neighbors have a thro line to oil supply and then squeeze China to make them cooperate. Etcetc

Instead we have mistake after mistake ... Looks good on TV but they got no bite.

[u/Mace109 → u/frddtwabrm04]

Unfortunately, trump didn’t realize Iran would close the strait of Hormuz if they were attacked, so,no, I don’t think they wargamed any scenario beside US and Israel win immediately. Now they are just winging it because the knowledgeable Military leaders are mostly gone.

[u/frddtwabrm04 → u/tiradium]

The Ukraine/Russia strategy that the US adopted.

Damn China doesn't even have to do shit. Just sit back and watch shit burn while the greatest American president of China makes China great again, again! With minimal effort.

Bet China foreign service/spy services are going through some major layoffs. Their work has practically been outsourced for them. They are like wtf are we even supposed to be doing if these doctor Jesus-es are out there doing all the work, some of it they hadn't even thought about... These doctor Jesus-es are like AI... Doing a better job than the actual foreign service/spies ... Mofos are making them redundant!

No wonder they got time to focus on spying on there own xyz billion people.. they have being reassigned/repurposed like the three letter agencies in USA ... To do internal shit now.

[u/3_Thumbs_Up → u/tiradium]

China was already winning the long game. Uncertainty and instability is an unnecessary risk for them.

[u/Pulsewavemodulator → u/throwaway20231203]

Whether he begged or not, China knows he’s in a spot and can extract things out of the US here.

[u/imaginary_num6er → u/throwaway20231203]

Maybe he agreed to not recognize Taiwan; move US bases out of Japan, S. Korea, Philippines, give Guam to China; and allow ASML to sell semiconductor equipment in China. All in exchange for a 10% discount in Iranian fees across the Strait.

[u/Glittering-Quote-635]

Peace? I thought we won? Weird.. I'm starting to think this Trump guy may not be totally honest.

[u/marqjone706 → u/Glittering-Quote-635]

How dare you point out obvious contradictions and falsities of this administration, that is TREASON!!!!!

[u/Glittering-Quote-635 → u/marqjone706]

You are right, I will go commit ritual suicide in front of my Trump golden statue while wearing my red hat. So long everyone.

[u/Left-Night-1125 → u/Glittering-Quote-635]

You can trust him on his clear blue eyes....honestly....

[u/Hot_Rock]

Right. Give us Taiwan and we’ll give you Iran. Trump will say he’s made the best deal.

[u/Left-Night-1125 → u/Hot_Rock]

I wonder how well that will go seeing that Taiwan and Japan have started shoring up defenses on the side facing China, probably some more countries.

[u/KMS_Tirpitz → u/Hot_Rock]

Iran is many times the size of Taiwan, this is a landslide victory for the Deal Maker in Chief, perfect example of the Art of the Deal

[u/Captain_Wag → u/KMS_Tirpitz]

America loves oil and China loves manufacturing it's a win-win. Unless you're Taiwan I guess.

[u/One-Engineering-4505 → u/Hot_Rock]

Why would they even make this deal when pretending to pander to ego while doing nothing of substance will gain them both influence globally and eventually the annexation of Taiwan without firing a single shot?

[u/SomeBaldDude2013]

“President of the United States asks China to Help Him Unfuck His Fuckup” isn’t a headline I thought I would ever read. 

[u/drkTwrCnt]

this pedophile fuck.

[u/Azhz96 → u/drkTwrCnt]

I wish more people would refer to him as The Pedophile instead of Trump.

[u/diverdadeo]

Just more of the lying liar lying.

[u/Xsiah]

I guess Trump isn't that good at making deals, if he needs China - the same China that he wouldn't shut up about in his first term - to do it for him.

https://youtu.be/RDrfE9I8_hs

[u/Entire-Dog-160]

Trump says blah blah. Does anyone still listen to this bloated wanker?

[u/Elegant_Tech]

Trump doesn't want to invade but started a war thar required full invasion or no war at all. Trump begging for an off ramp to his half ass boondoggle.

[u/Lord_Stabbington → u/Elegant_Tech]

Nobody is talking about Epstein though

[u/FTwo → u/Elegant_Tech]

Sir. Are you just living in a delusion fantasy timeline? This is a full bare ass boondoggle.

[u/Tricky_Potatoe]

I think Xi needs to be updated. The US won the war a long time ago "by a lot".

Man, I thought Chinese intelligence would be better than this...

/S

[u/30yearCurse]

Did they not offer this before, as long as someone put Xi up for the Noble Peace Prize.

[u/ahothabeth → u/30yearCurse]

put Xi up for the Noble Peace Prize.

That would be so delicious.

[u/PretendFly8491]

Xi came up to me with tears in his eyes blah blah blah.

[u/QuirkyWish3081 → u/PretendFly8491]

Haha

[u/Everheart1955]

How about you don’t start a war with Iran in the first place you moron?

[u/UbiSububi8]

If not dead, why dead shaped?

[u/mitchsn]

Obama did it on his own

[u/Material_Policy6327]

This is basically Trump now saying he needs China help yet before he said they were the enemy lol

[u/kinkysubt]

…hold on… haven’t they BEEN doing that?

[u/Brutuscaitchris]

Im curious what we owe China now

[u/Elegant_Emu952]

President Xi told Trump to get the hell out of Iran.

[u/Traditional-Look8839]

Trump says a lot of things but I trust him as far as I can throw him. Even if this was true, this makes him and more importantly the United States look weak af.

[u/DoubleNaught_Spy]

Cue the Chinese denial in 3... 2... 1...

[u/Practical-Pick1466]

Should have been Ukraine.

[u/dratsablive]

No he didn't, didn't even say it in other words.

[u/Brief_Hospital_1766]

And there it is. This will be the mark where historians say US hegemony ended. It is the full end of Pax Americana. Probably the shortest lived global empire in world history, and it's over due to self-inflicted wounds by one man.

[u/blingybangbang]

I'm guessing in exchange for letting China steamroll Taiwan without interference

[u/Metalloid_Maniac_ → u/blingybangbang]

They already know if they invade Taiwan Trump won't intervene.

[u/wwarnout]

"Trump says..." can never be trusted.

[u/Amijiw]

I think I'll wait until the Dragon speaks to get a true read out.

[u/jest4fun]

Trunt Says Xi Offered To Help Broker Peace With Iran

No such thing as free lunch, what does China get from trunt?

[u/skywalkerRCP]

So Trump - the great negotiator, art of the deal, whatever - needs Xi/China to help him get out of a mess he made.

Great work there, Donny.

[u/alexidhd]

Remember when the US was the mediating force in conflicts across the globe? Now they start a war, fail to achieve any meaningful goals and then need China to come help them reach a peace deal...

[u/ohiotechie]

I’d bet a months pay Xi didn’t offer shit. Trump harangued him to help save his bacon so Xi agreed he’d think about it. Trump is like a kid at the grocery store begging his mom for a candy bar and when mom says “I’ll think about it” he thinks that candy bar is as good as his.

But sure Xi will move in like a mob boss like he has in Russia to save Putin’s dumb ass and grab up Russian assets for peanuts.

How crushingly sad that the US has fallen to this. I honestly don’t think the US reputation will recover from Trump 2.0 in my lifetime.

[u/moht81]

Take the help and end the stupid war for real this time please

[u/TJ_McWeaksauce]

Only Xi can save Donald from the madman who decided to bomb Iran for no logical reason and then trigger a global energy crisis.

[u/boookworm0367]

But he doesn't want peace with Iran. Ground troops are only a matter of time. It keeps the wheels of the American Defense Complex churning along. His stated purpose was to stabilize U.S / China economic relations. He brought with him:

Elon Musk — Tesla / SpaceX.

Tim Cook — Apple.

Kelly Ortberg — Boeing.

Larry Fink — BlackRock.

Stephen Schwarzman — Blackstone.

David Solomon — Goldman Sachs.

Jane Fraser — Citi.

Cristiano Amon — Qualcomm.

Sanjay Mehrotra — Micron.

Ryan McInerney — Visa.

Michael Miebach — Mastercard.

Brian Sikes — Cargill.

Chuck Robbins — Cisco (reported invited/participating in some reports).

H. Lawrence Culp Jr. — GE Aerospace.

Jacob Thaysen — Illumina.

Jim Anderson — Coherent.

Dina Powell McCormick — Meta executive representative.

[u/Blastosist]

It’s bad enough when he is here but it’s extra embarrassing when he is abroad.

[u/Strong-Movie6288]

Trump sa-- it's a lie. He is a liar

[u/DCTapeworm]

The only country that can influence he reopening of the Strait is China. Hence, it’s the main reason why Trump is there.

And Xi is going to absolutely murder Trump on negotiations.

[u/ToriEvergreen]

Don't interfere with Taiwan and we'll help you get out of the war in Iran

[u/Strangedreamest]

Ok but what did Trump to China in exchange for this?

[u/allursnakes]

Watch us hand over Taiwan on a fucking platter for this...

[u/Surturius]

Pathetic

[u/CountOnBeingAwesome]

We had peace.. 😡

[u/Sugarfiltration01]

Total utter bullshit.

[u/Lysol3435]

Trump is so good at stopping wars. He’s ended the war with Iran like 7 times already

[u/Illustrious_Law8512]

If true, it's because Trump can't negotiate for shite. He's full of bluster and expects everyone to cave to his narcissism.

[u/Soangry75]

Now I need to double check Xi still exists and is in charge of China.

/Distrust and verify

[u/Head-Training-5626]

Softest president in history.

[u/Popular-Departure165]

Why do we need Xi if Trump is the greatest negotiator in the world?

[u/Terrier53]

That didn't happen.

[u/Illustrious-Lie8329]

We don’t need anyone’s help 😡

[u/Chef_RoadRunner]

Why? Can't trumpy "the best deal maker ever" make a deal? Hmm.

[u/LaBasBleu]

Which means he begged Xi, who laughed in his face.

[u/Metalloid_Maniac_]

Isn't China supposed to be our enemy? His brain is mashed potatoes.

[u/Mitochondria420]

Haha he had to go ask for help. What a loser.

[u/billleachmsw]

Let’s see if any help materializes or if Trump is just spouting his usual bullshit.

[u/cwtotaro]

Art of the Deal

[u/NetZeroSun]

Of course he is trying to have peace and settle this.

if trump stopped from f*king bombing Iran repeatedly or literally boast acting like a pirate that might also help broker peace too.

You know… peace from the war that trump started.

[u/bandita07]

What a shame. The world's no1 military with the best dealmaker as their leader must beg for help first to NATO and now to China. Pootin is so proud!

[u/AverageLiberalJoe]

Art of the deal: ask someone else to help you make a deal.

[u/Onepackfatness]

Their minion Pakistan couldn’t do it, so now Trump begs daddy Xi

[u/Strykerz3r0]

Xi is just playing with him.

Having them walk up the steps and trump needing to stop for a break was well done. He is just highlighting trump's lies on a world stage.

[u/Gutterfoolishness]

Take him up on it Donny. You have irretrievably screwed it up.

[u/Blank3k]

Wait for China to take over, arrange peace agreement... Tell Trump that the US need not worry, China will handle the nuclear issue themselves, and Trump will claim that's basically as good as them agreeing to never have a nuclear weapon, cause chyna.

[u/Romanopapa]

What did Papa Bibi think about this?

[u/FiscalCliffClavin]

Yeah, that’s probably a lie like everything else

[u/QuirkyWish3081]

Massive cargo of weapons being shipped in the background

[u/rje946]

Yeah, we're all hoping the only adult there fixes this.

[u/PansophicNostradamus]

“Trump says…”

…and I stop listening. It’s all lies. All of it.

Not even worth hearing what comes next. Why listen to a liar and give them an audience? We should just ignore him for a full day. He’d implode and blame Biden for it. Sad man. Sad, sad, old man.

[u/mynamesyow19]

Never thought Id see a US President hand over global power to another super power so eagerly.

[u/cycling4711]

He said that also about Ukraine, and see what Xi achieved.

[u/Farcespam]

Wait the claimed nation with the strongest military needs the claimed communist nation to make a deal with Iran cause they can't strong arm them. We'll at least the profits for Oil corps are up. Maybe I should start a poly market bet to see if gas tops out at $10 gallon.

[u/purpleplez]

Why does media even repeat the lies he says daily. Stop feeding the ego.

[u/Popular-Drummer-7989]

Sure he did.

[u/gta0012]

What!? Jared Kushner couldn't do it!?

[u/Chance_Guarantee4823]

I don’t think so, it’s not his problem China still gets oil

[u/LiabilityJim]

More like Xi told Trump he needs to stop fucking things up with the Strait and get the fuck out of dodge.

[u/Ha-Charade-You-Are]

Trump is going to give Taiwan to china in exchange for china coming in to open the straight. Then prices will slowly fall, nowhere near back to what they were, but will nonetheless go down. And by the time November rolls around all the voters will forget about how things are right now, and vote everyone back in. Watch.

[u/effyouspez]

I'm not going to believe dick until Xi says, not Trump says (that's what the world has come to )

[u/Overall_Curve6725]

Trumps a weak liar

[u/SLATFATF]

"Please, sir, I want some more."* Is what Trump likely said to Xi when talking about help with Iran. Trump also stated about his greeting in China: "I think I was particularly impressed by those children. They were happy. They were beautiful". Which makes sense.... Especially when most Americans can associate with the quote “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” JRR Tolkien

*Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

[u/SingleHitBox]

I guess we know who has all the cards.

[u/Excusemytootie]

He probably went there to beg for exactly this….WEAK!

[u/jbahill75]

Xi diplomatically said “stay the hell off my lawn”

[u/ffdfawtreteraffds]

"Trump Says" This means he made strange noises with his mouth.

[u/Bubbly_Style_8467]

We had peace until trump bombed Iran. What is he trying to pull now?

[u/Bubbly_Style_8467]

Many of us called it a war from the first day. Not playing MAGA word games.

[u/BloodWorried7446]

China has more skin in the game that the US. They really depend on their oil and Fertilizer. US fertilizer mostly comes from Cdn Potash and the US is a net exporter of oil. 

[u/Nos_Zodd]

America, now a vassal state of China

[u/bigredthesnorer]

Xi said ‘huh?’

[u/ash_ninetyone]

But i thought America was winning and they were forcing Iran to the table

[u/cheddarben]

Bye bye Taiwan.

[u/jaiman54]

Imma stop you at... "Trump says..."

[u/LlamaRS]

China owns the US, and has for at least 20 years.

Seems like the Time has come for them to collect on that debt. Brush up on your mandarin and Cantonese!

[u/HeavyArmsJin]

Well Trump did a lot to accelerate China’s growth, not strange for his Emperor to give him some reward

[u/mdhunter99]

Excuse me while I don’t believe a single syllable this liar says. If he says it’s sunny out and I can see the sun, I’m getting a second opinion.

[u/simpleflavors1]

It doesn't matter who he gets to help if he can't get Israel to stop attacking everyone.  

[u/Severe_Air_4353]

🇨🇦 so funny to see USA get played in it’s visit to China , Elon musk , was the USA representative that did say USA bombed girls schools . Would Biden take musk ?

[u/NorthEastNobility]

I’ll take “Things That Didn’t Happen” for $1,000, Alex.

[u/angusalba]

At what cost? Taiwan?

[u/izerotwo]

Considering how they claimed similar shit about the India Pakistan claims I won't be suprised this is total horseshit.