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Trump Hails Russia and China as "Neutral" in Iran War

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Trump Hails Russia and China as "Neutral" in Iran War

🌐 GREAT POWERS — Russia and China stayed out; Trump just thanked them for it. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Praising Beijing and Moscow for neutrality signals their restraint was coordinated, not accidental. Both held unused leverage: Russia via energy markets, China via Iranian crude purchases. Trump naming them publicly elevates two rivals to acknowledged stakeholders in MOU enforcement. Tehran and Netanyahu both read the same sentence — very differently.

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