In letter to Xi, Trump asks China not to send weapons to Iran ⁠74%

By Eric Mack⁠0%

4/15/2026, 12:05:25 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 30 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Biased Writer Voice, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 20.2% saturation with 69 hits. Analysis detected 673 faulty-reasoning hits from 342 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 65.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (5,700 of 21,171 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.10% of the article peer group.

President Donald Trump says he warned China against supplying weapons to Iran, and Chinese President Xi Jinping responded with a claim he was "not doing that." 
"He responded to a letter that I wrote because I had heard that China is giving weapons to — I mean, you're seeing it all over the place — to Iran," Trump told FOX Business' "Mornings With Maria" on Wednesday. 
"And I wrote him a letter asking him not to do that, and he wrote me a letter saying that essentially he's not doing that." 
Trump, in the interview taped Tuesday, did not say when the letters were exchanged. 
Last week, he threatened countries with an immediate 50% tariff if they supplied Iran with weapons. 
STOP CALLING THIS BRINKMANSHIP. 
TRUMP'S HORMUZ MOVE IS THE REAL PRESSURE 
"China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz," Trump posted Wednesday to Truth Social after the interview aired. 
"I am doing it for them, also – And the World. 
This situation will never happen again. 
"They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran," Trump added. 
OIL PRODUCERS ORG SHREDS CALIFORNIA DEM FOR BLAMING IRAN WAR FOR HIS DISTRICT'S GAS PRICES 
Trump also said he did not expect shifts in the global oil market over the war on Iran and changes in Venezuela to impact the dynamics of his planned meeting with Xi next month. 
"He's somebody that needs oil. 
We don't," Trump said. 
The two leaders are prepping for a meeting soon, and Trump expects a warm greeting from Xi, he added in his Truth Social post. 
"President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when I get there in a few weeks," Trump wrote. 
"We are working together smartly, and very well! 
Doesn’t that beat fighting??? 
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"BUT REMEMBER, we are very good at fighting, if we have to – far better than anyone else!!! 
President DJT" 
Reuters contributed to this report. 
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342 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers77%attributed speech77writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 26 words • 100.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 40 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 100.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 23 words • 100.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 11 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 6 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 34 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 5 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 4 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 24 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 19 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 8 words • 0.0% coveragePresident Donald Trump • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coveragePresident DJT • 18 words • 100.0% coveragePresident DJT • 2 words • 0.0% coverageReuters • 5 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

President DJT

90%flagged-word coverage
20 attributed words7.5% of attributed speech65% writer coverage
0%45.0%90.0%Indoctrination+84.8 ptsWriter: 5.2%President DJT: 90.0%90.0%Biased Writer Voice+75.7 ptsWriter: 14.3%President DJT: 90.0%90.0%Politically Right Leaning -19.5 ptsWriter: 19.5%President DJT: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -10.4 ptsWriter: 10.4%President DJT: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-5.2 ptsWriter: 5.2%President DJT: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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