US official rejects FT report, says any delay in Trump’s China visit not tied to request for China to help reopen Hormuz

(Zhao Yusha – Global Times) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday rejected a Financial Times report that Trump threatened to delay his China visit if Beijing does not assist the Strait of Hormuz escort effort, saying that US President Donald Trump’s visit to China could be delayed if he chooses to stay in Washington due to war on Iran. “But what I do want to parse, and there’s a false narrative out there that if the meetings are delayed, it wouldn’t be delayed because the president’s demanded that China police the Straits of Hormuz,” Bessent said in an interview with CNBC’s Brian Sullivan in Paris. – US official rejects FT report, says any delay in Trump’s China visit not tied to request for China to help reopen Hormuz – Global Times