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“President Xi and I talked a lot about Taiwan,” he said, adding that Xi “does not want to see a fight for independence because that would be a very strong confrontation,” per The Independent. “I heard him out,” Trump said, but “I didn’t make a comment”.
His administration had authorized an $11 billion weapons package for Taipei in December, while lawmakers later approved another $14 billion sale in January.
When asked whether the US would intervene militarily if China attacked Taiwan, the president declined to give a direct answer, remaining consistent with Washington’s long-standing policy of “strategic ambiguity”.
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