It started with China, and according to Anas Alhajji, it ended with China too
His read is that the MOU isn't a concession to Iran at all.
It's the US and China quietly dividing up the spoils.
Notice the timing.
The moment Trump left China, everything changed, the rhetoric cooled, the ships started moving, the deal accelerated
And China outplayed Trump at every turn.
He thought he had leverage with LNG and oil exports, until China simply replaced US supply with Russia.
They cut imports, filled their reserves, leaned on floating storage, and stayed two to three weeks ahead of EVERY American move, from Venezuela to Maduro to Iran.
Either they have direct lines in, or they're listening.
Here's the catch Anas kept coming back to: the US can choke Hormuz, but starving China would take eight or nine months, long enough to collapse the world economy first
The wildest part?
Anas believes those US strikes near Hormuz mid-negotiation were a favor to Tehran, wiping out IRGC holdouts who refused the deal and were building toll infrastructure of their own.
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