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Ted Cruz: “China is the main purchaser of Iranian oil.”

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Published | Video Starts at 25:59

There are a number of things that President Trump is trying to accomplish. One of the things he's trying to do is to get China to assist with Iran. And China is the main purchaser of Iranian oil. And so China could exert a lot of leverage over Iran. And the President is urging Xi to lean on Iran in particular to hand over their enriched uranium, to stop Enriching, to stop funding terrorism and to open the Strait of Hormuz. (25:59–26:03)

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