Trump Claims Xi Assured No Taiwan Action During His Presidency

President Donald Trump stated that Chinese President Xi Jinping assured him that China would not take action toward unifying Taiwan with mainland China while Trump is in office. Trump revealed that the Taiwan issue did not come up during their recent talks in South Korea, which mainly focused on US-China trade tensions. He claimed that Xi and his associates have openly said they would not act against Taiwan during Trump's presidency due to the consequences. Trump declined to specify whether he would order US forces to defend Taiwan if China attacked, maintaining a policy of strategic ambiguity. US officials remain concerned about the possibility of China using military force against Taiwan, which is self-ruled but claimed by Beijing. The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act guides US policy to provide Taiwan with defensive resources and prevent any unilateral status changes by China, but does not mandate military intervention.