President Donald Trump has left a $14 billion congressional-approved arms deal with Taiwan in uncertainty after saying he was still deliberating the sale following his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
According to Politico, President Donald Trump has signalled possible reconsideration of a major arms sale to Taiwan following his Beijing summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, leaving a $14 billion congressional-approved deal hanging in the balance.
Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said: “I’ll make a determination over the next fairly short period. I’m gonna make a determination,” adding he needed to speak to the person “that’s running Taiwan.”
On Xi raising the Taiwan arms issue during their discussions, Trump said: “He brought that up. He talked about that to me, obviously. So what am I going to do, say ‘I don’t want to talk to you about it because I have an agreement that was signed in 1982?'”
Trump also refused to commit to defending Taiwan against a Chinese attack, saying: “I don’t want to say that. I’m not going to say that. There’s only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me.”
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