Will China Retaliate Against Donald Trump's Oil Blockade and Force an American Surrender?
Will China Retaliate Against Donald Trump's Oil Blockade and Force an American Surrender? Ron Unz Prof. John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago As might have been expected, the peace talks in Islamabad between America and Iran quickly ended in complete failure , breaking up in less than 24 hours. President Donald Trump had originally proposed peace negotiations based upon Iran’s 10-point proposal, but all of that was totally ignored when the talks actually began. According to media accounts, the American team led by Vice President JD Vance and New York City real estate developers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff instead issued unacceptable demands to the Iranians. These included that the Iranians must abandon all the nuclear enrichment activities to which they were legally entitled and also relinquish their control of the Strait of Hormuz. Perhaps Vance and the others surprisingly expected to win at the negotiating table what their American military had co...