Pompeo: China Economic and Military Presence Will Destabilize Iran, Middle East

Last night, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted against China being in the Middle East, with this message, on the eve of the 15-nation summit this morning on joint aid for the Beirut explosion crisis. President Donald Trump participated personally in the summit, as he had said in advance that he would. “China’s entry into Iran will destabilize the Middle East. Iran remains the world’s largest state sponsor of terror, and to have access to weapons systems and commerce and money flowing from the Chinese Communist Party only compounds that risk for that region.” This statement is not surprising, coming from Pompeo, given his British geopolitical cohorts, but the message is especially provocative given that China and Iran are working on economic accords involving oil and big-infrastructure, whose details have recently been made known.