Fact-check: “Did Trump say this about China, or Iran? "We're only making a good deal... They're either going to do the right thing or we're just going to finish the job."”
Verdict: Partly True (42% confidence)
The exact wording attributed to Trump could not be confirmed in any documented primary source, but Trump made substantively similar statements in the context of Iran negotiations during his May 2026 Beijing summit visit, conveying a conditional deal-or-escalation message directed at Iran. No verbatim or near-verbatim match to the quoted language was located in White House transcripts, Truth Social posts, or contemporaneous news reporting, and no substantive match was found linking this phrasing…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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