May 15, 2026 5:19 PM
Trump says US and China are aligned on Iran, Tehran must make a deal soon
U.S. President Donald Trump said his patience with Iran was running out and that he had agreed in talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping that Tehran could not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and must reopen the Strait of Hormuz. With official agreements from the U.S.-China summit yet to be released, Trump's comments gave little indication of whether Beijing, the main buyer of Iranian oil, might use its influence with Tehran to end a conflict it said should never have started. "We've settl...