China Vows to Safeguard Interests After Trump Iran Tariff Threat, US Media Cheers
The New Arab dutifully reports China’s response to Donald Trump’s audacious threat to levy 25 percent tariffs on any nation daring to do business with Iran. Beijing’s pledge to ‘safeguard’ its interests is framed as a tit-for-tat, but mainstream US outlets conveniently forget the decades of American economic warfare that precede such gestures. This isn't just about Trump's bombast; it's a
bipartisan US playbook. While US politicians rail against Chinese 'aggression,' they've long applauded sanctions designed to cripple Iran's economy and destabilize its government, often ignoring the humanitarian fallout. It's almost as if 'national interests' are only legitimate when they're American. One might wonder if US media would frame China's 'safeguarding' of interests quite so neutrally
if it involved, say, an Israeli trade dispute. Hypocrisy, much?