Senator Lindsey Graham issued a strong ultimatum to Beijing, demanding that China change its position on global conflicts just as President Donald Trump arrived in the country to meet with President Xi Jinping. While Trump was telling Xi that it is “an honor to be his friend,” Graham was taking a much harder tone on Fox News, speaking with Sean Hannity, who was in Beijing to cover the summit.
Graham claimed he has introduced a bill that would allow the President to impose tariffs on China for buying Russian oil and gas. He then argued that China is currently aligned with the wrong countries, specifically pointing to their purchase of cheap oil from Iran. He insisted that if China stopped buying Iranian oil, or even threatened to do so, the ongoing conflict with Iran would be over.
