WASHINGTON — Operation Epic Fury’s strategic bottom line just got written into the White House record of the Trump–Xi summit: Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and nobody gets to put a toll booth on the world’s waterways.
The September 25 fact sheet states the two leaders discussed ongoing global concerns including Russia, North Korea, and Iran. They agreed that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and that no country or institution can be allowed to impose tolls on international waterways.
That second clause lands hard after months of Hormuz brinkmanship. Free passage is not a favor Tehran sells — it is a red line America enforces. Pair it with the nuclear ban, and Beijing heard the same America First message Trump has been hammering at home.
The leaders also said they would support each other as hosts of the G20 and APEC and discussed building strategic stability on respect, fairness, and reciprocity. Stability does not mean soft. It means clarity: no Iranian bomb, no choke-point shakedowns.
Patriots fighting through the Epic Fury chapter know what strength looks like. Trump just put it in black and white beside the Chinese premier’s name.
