President Trump said during a press conference at this week’s G7 meeting in France that he’s grateful to Russia and China for staying “neutral” during the U.S. war with Iran “I want to thank China, President Xi — I was with him, and he stayed neutral, totally neutral, and I appreciate it,” Trump said. “And I want to thank Vladimir Putin. He was very neutral.” “They could have made it much more difficult for us,” Trump said. “And I want to say it.” “Somebody would say, Oh, that’s terrible, he’s thanking President Xi of China.” “Well, let me tell you, I had a long talk with him. You know, they have shoulder weapons to knock down airplanes — it’s not like the real deal, but they’re fairly accurate,” he explained. “I said I would really appreciate you not giving or selling any of that stuff to Iran.” “And you know what? For the most part, he didn’t!” “So I just want to thank them because they made it a lot better,” Trump said.
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