Trump and Xi Play Up Stability Without Resolving Major Tensions
As President Trump left Beijing, there was no indication that he and Xi Jinping had resolved any major points of contention on trade, the war in Iran or other issues during their talks.
Trump also declined to say whether the United States would defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. “I don’t want to say,” he said. “There’s only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me.” Trump said Xi had asked him the same question during their conversations and that he had given the same response. “I said, ‘I don’t talk about those things,'” Trump said.
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