Trump says he asked Chinas Xi not to give Iran weapons

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  • Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons.
  • Xi responded that China was not supplying Tehran, the US president told Fox Business Network.
  • Last week, he threatened countries with an immediate 50 per cent tariff if they supplied Iran with weapons.
  • Trump also wrote that he was "permanently opening" the Strait of Hormuz and China was very happy about it.
  • "I am doing it for them, also - and the world," Trump wrote, adding: "President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when I get there in a few weeks"
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