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Joining us now live for analysis on the Iran war and how Russia and China may factor in as Rebecca grant She's vice president with the Lexington Institute as well as a national security analyst. Thank you for joining us this morning, Rebecca at the kickoff What do you make of Trump's call with Putin two days ago? Interesting that they would talk at a time like this But hardly surprising your Trump has kept the pressure on Putin for a ceasefire with although no progress so far But just to set the scene here is the United States military showing absolute dominance It's kind of the perfect time to talk with him. He also wanted to make sure to send a direct warning to Russia to Not try to assist Iran. Iran is actually bragged about the so-called Cooperation, but if Russia is doing anything I can tell you this is not making a military impact at this time And let's turn to the third leg of the stool here with China and how they fit in broadly and then we can drill in a little bit but what has China's reaction been since the start of the Iran war directly with relations with Iran But also in how they're communicating potentially with Russia since China also finances Russia's ability to keep up their wartime economy with this war against Ukraine Well after the usual meaningless words from China about a peaceful resolution, etc Remember it is China that has kept Russia in power and fighting in Ukraine by purchasing oil by Greenlighting them by the unlimited friendship and they've really done the same thing with Iran. No, I think China's been You know not willing to invest significant money in Iran, but they have bought 80% of Iran's oil They have sent Iran Chemicals to make the fuel for the ballistic missiles that we're now seeing the ones that we're now seeing raining down on the Gulf States Like the UAE and others very interesting to there are still shadow fleet tankers run by the IRGC Carrying oil through the states of Hormuz occasionally one of them will put up a squawk as it goes past going We're bound for China. We're China China So some of that oil is still going through but how this is going to end up and you can see it with President Trump Talking about his quote honor to let China run oil through the straight is that the u.s Is going to be in control of the Hormuz straight and that is a good thing for the balance of power