“If the goal was the hurt China…”

You are mistaken to assume there was a goal. Trump has admitted he did this because he was told that Iran were about to attack the U.S. not because of any strategic goal.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YlkcOjSQVJk

Oh no, it's coming right for us!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GaazFYTrQ_A&pp=ygUYaXQncyBjb21...