‘Bad Idea!’ Trump Treasury Secretary Rips China Trying to ‘Overshadow’ Gaza Deal

David Gilmour Oct 13th, 2025, 10:07 am

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that China’s attempt to “overshadow” President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace deal with its export control announcement was “highly inappropriate” and a “miscalculation.”

On Thursday, just hours after Hamas and Israel signed on to Trump’s peace framework, Beijing announced it would tighten export controls on critical rare-earth metals and added five more elements – holmium, erbium, thulium, europium, and ytterbium – to its restricted list, bringing the total to 12 of the 17 rare-earth metals.

Trump blasted the move as in a marathon Truth Social screed on Friday accusing the country of “becoming very hostile.”

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