GOP Senators Slam Trump Over Xi Embrace as China Backs Iran — SkimNews
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- Republican senators expressed dismay over President Trump's lavish welcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping at a two-day summit in Washington
- The senators' backlash was triggered by the revelation earlier this month that Iran used Chinese satellite imagery to target U.S. troops in Jordan
- Trump hosted Xi for a two-day Washington summit despite the fresh China-Iran military coordination evidence
- China supplied the satellite intelligence that Iran used to target U.S. forces, according to the reported revelation
Why it matters: The discord exposes a sharp GOP split between Trump's personal diplomacy with Xi and lawmakers who view Beijing as materially complicit in attacks on American troops — a tension that could constrain congressional support for any deliverables Trump secures from the summit.
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