Trump dodges tough question on China and Taiwan in | Political News

President Donald Trump managed to dodge questions about tensions between China and Taiwan in a high-stakes interview set to air Sunday evening

In a one-minute snippet of the interview that will show in its entirety on Sunday evening, Face the Nation requested Trump about his assembly with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

“One potential flashpoint with China — and probably the potential flash point with China in the coming years — is over the issue of Taiwan,” O’Donnell said. “The Chinese military is encroaching on Taiwan’s sea lanes, its airspace, its cyberspace. I know you have said that Xi Jinping wouldn’t dare move militarily on Taiwan while you’re in office. But what if he does? Would you order U.S. Forces to defend Taiwan?”

“You’ll find out if it happens,” Trump replied, coyly. “And he understands the answer to that. This never even came up yesterday as a subject. He never brought it up. People were a little surprised that he never brought it up because he understands it. And he understands it very well.”

O’Donnell gently probed Trump on his response.

“Do you mind if I ask, when you say he understands, why not communicate that publicly to the rest of us?” O’Donnell replied. “What does he understand? What does he understand?”

“I can’t give away my secrets,” Trump shot back. “I don’t want to be one of these guys that tells you exactly what’s going to happen if something happens. The other side knows, but I’m not somebody that tells everything because you’re asking me a question, but they understand what’s gonna happen. And he has openly said, and his people have openly said at meetings, we would never do anything while President Trump is president because they know the consequences.”

The interview will undoubtedly be studied and examined attentively by media industry consultants on Sunday evening. It is Trump’s first assembly with CBS since his $16 million settlement with the community over a 2024 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

On Sunday, Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no motion toward its long-stated objective of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican chief is in workplace.

Trump said that the long-contentious issue of Taiwan didn’t come up in his talks with Xi on Thursday in South Korea that largely centered on U.S.-China commerce tensions. But the U.S. chief expressed certainty that China wouldn’t take motion on Taiwan, while he’s in workplace.

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“He has openly said, and his people have openly said at meetings, ‘We would never do anything while President Trump is president,’ because they know the consequences,” Trump said in an excerpt of an interview with the CBS’ program “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday.

U.S. officers have long been involved about the likelihood of China utilizing army pressure against Taiwan, the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as half of its territory.

The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has ruled U.S. relations with the island, doesn’t require the U.S. to step in militarily if China invades but makes it American coverage to guarantee Taiwan has the sources to defend itself and to forestall any unilateral change of standing by Beijing.

Asked if he would order U.S. forces to defend Taiwan if China attacked, Trump demurred. The United States, both Republican and Democratic administrations, have maintained a coverage of “strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan — making an attempt not to tip their palms on whether or not the U.S. would come to the island’s assist in such a situation.