{"id":13912,"date":"2026-03-16T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/trump-side-stepped-diplomacy-on-his-way-to-war-in-iran-now-hes-asking-china-and-others-for-help-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:16:00","slug":"trump-side-stepped-diplomacy-on-his-way-to-war-in-iran-now-hes-asking-china-and-others-for-help-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/trump-side-stepped-diplomacy-on-his-way-to-war-in-iran-now-hes-asking-china-and-others-for-help-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump side-stepped diplomacy on his way to war in Iran. Now, he&#8217;s asking China and others for help &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQNHZaVUFreTQ0cVg0WFNYUDZNRkZ5Ym9QSU92bWxCTk45QVhSZEZvNERaNEF5LVFSUmM4VnBQRWhqZ2xlRHVuaTNZVndsQ1lGUkRBUWhHVk9jOHpxdkhhZExVNnNvOG81U1dWeDZidFBVcjFYcDNWck1HZkFfbW04Z0hjYkFpS19ob0l1alFUU1U0RFBh?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump side-stepped diplomacy on his way to war in Iran. Now, he&#8217;s asking China and others for help<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE9uNWFyQXhSdzNYWUdGQzNsTjBzUEtCb0NMRE5oUnBSUnlNdG12TWg3TkJvcDNVQ2lEU0NZY3dOaDNhdUk0TEhaNFpwSDBwQXExbGVGWURrV2NaM0dDMHZJaFF1dWk3d0tvWGJkclNKQy0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump warns Nato faces \u2018very bad future\u2019 if allies fail to help US in Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Financial Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOeEhabmRXUTViRkJlUnJJbG5wc0tyLUpUbXMwSHVGQmd0Y3gzSzhjb2pfRGNrNDItSjVTOVBpX1JMakFMX3lDSEktVVpjckpMZDk0OXFwYXRSNzVWUU54dXRMQXFSdDlydzlMRl80UTZtN3JmaFdqcHpMWFExNnVGQ0JkRmNFSlVJd0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Threat to Delay Summit With Xi Casts New Shadow Over China Relations &#8211; The New York Times<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgJBVV95cUxPNUF1SjZCbE9WSzZnQ0U0bkZ6RV9sR0o2Nm1YSU53ZnBQMVdoeWIxSTh0d3V3eGFlY3h0UWRHYVYweFFRdG5GeVBjSmN3b2pRTmNmTldjWFRIWURqb1AxakdBd1VqZmVCOU5XdzgzanlUUTlpcl9VanB5UWR2Q0gydkNlQkljSGJ4MkZSaHhiQzFPSUh1NnhfTlQ3dUFVWmdaYnhmYlVjZHZJX1htX1otd2gwRVdOdWYzOFBxbHlKUWhrTUlLQmNsY3lpWHNubFJXbXJDMnlfdi1tdDNaRlIzakt2NFdMWWsyb1h4VEFWTXFZdGhWYWJVYlRHaXVzNHhJWjhWaGVXa0VBNThBX3dLQzZLUkxhZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive: Trump Administration Plans to Announce Coalition to Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQMnBKM3ZJZ24xVkp6Qm1RbG00Y0xaZ09fTmdxV2RJb1NiSS1GZkxzNzY4MFlFYmh3T0pYR1h1eXhnbUY2Z2tROEpZMUQ1djFmMnhzUDVyRU5yX3VmMFhqNlFQc0oybnVuZjlRQ0FvUWxSZDhuTndfdmItWjJxdDdMY19JM1M1NGhJS1FEQTQ1QTB1NXd4S2tpSU5fMjFZVXVlV3dMRDQ0VjEtLUxid2hTQXB6RDI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Appeals for Help With Hormuz, Threatens More Kharg Strikes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump side-stepped diplomacy on his way to war in Iran. Now, he&#8217;s asking China and others for help&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Donald Trump warns Nato faces \u2018very&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/16\/trump-side-stepped-diplomacy-on-his-way-to-war-in-iran-now-hes-asking-china-and-others-for-help-ap-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}