{"id":562,"date":"2026-06-05T23:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:37:37","slug":"trump-keeps-the-door-open-to-a-call-with-taiwans-president-even-though-china-has-warned-against-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Trump keeps the door open to a call with Taiwan\u2019s president even though China has warned against it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) \u2014 President <span>Donald Trump<\/span> on Friday indicated that he may still speak with Taiwan\u2019s President Lai Ching-te \u2014 even after China has publicly urged him not to directly engage with the leader of the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=560\">US military shot down Iranian drones launched toward Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <span>first raised the idea last month<\/span> on his way back from meeting President <span>Xi Jinping<\/span> in Beijing, saying that he intended to speak directly with Lai as he <span>weighs whether to go ahead with<\/span> a $14 billion arms sale for Taipei that Congress approved earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. president on Friday suggested that a call with the Taiwanese leader is still in play. \u201cI\u2019ll always talk to him,\u201d Trump told reporters when asked if he still intended on calling Lai.<\/p>\n<p>Such a call would mark the first direct dialogue between sitting American and Taiwanese presidents in many decades, and Beijing has discouraged Trump against such an engagement.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chinese embassy in Washington in a statement to the Associated Press this week said that kind of phone call could undermine progress in the delicate U.S.-China relationship and urged the Republican administration to \u201chandle the Taiwan question with utmost prudence\u201d and \u201cavoid sending wrong signals\u201d to officials in the democratically run island that China views as a breakaway province.<\/p>\n<h2>It would be an unprecedented phone call<\/h2>\n<p>Trump raised China\u2019s ire when he <span>took a congratulatory call<\/span> from Taiwan\u2019s then-President Tsai Ing-wen after winning the 2016 presidential election but before taking office.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has raised the idea of a direct engagement with Lai even as he\u2019s been more circumspect about whether he\u2019ll move forward with a major arms package for Taiwan after hearing concerns about it from Xi in Beijing. Congress greenlit the arms deal in January but it still needs Trump\u2019s approval, <\/p>\n<p>The president said last month he sees arms sales with Taiwan as a <span>\u201cnegotiating chip\u201d<\/span> in the administration\u2019s approach to Pacific policy.<\/p>\n<p>At last month\u2019s Beijing summit, Xi warned Trump that the <span>\u201cTaiwan question\u201d<\/span> is the most important issue in ties between China and the U.S., and that the two nations will \u201chave clashes and even conflicts\u201d without proper handling of the matter, according to Chinese officials.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trump had an unusual consultation on Taiwan during his Beijing visit<\/h2>\n<p>Trump\u2019s discussion with Xi about the arms sales to Taiwan seemed out of step with the U.S. policy principles known as the Six Assurances. The nonbinding principles, formulated in 1982 under President Ronald Reagan, have helped guide the U.S. relationship with Taipei, according to analysts.<\/p>\n<p>The second of the Six Assurances states that the U.S. \u201cdid not agree to consult with the People\u2019s Republic of China on arms sales to Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State <span>Marco Rubio<\/span> during a series of congressional <span>hearings earlier this week<\/span> said that the United States\u2019 Taiwan policy has not changed.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump\u2019s rhetoric has added a more foggy dynamic to the U.S.-Taiwan relationship, said Craig Singleton, a China expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s comments about Taiwan arms sales as a negotiating chip, combined with uncertainty around a possible Lai call, have created more ambiguity than Taipei would like,\u201d Singleton said. \u201cThe real test is not the rhetoric. It is whether the pending arms package moves, and on what timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=559\">Trump\u2019s back-and-forth on troops in Europe potentially cost millions, US officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Taiwan\u2019s president is ready for a Trump call<\/h2>\n<p>If the call were to happen, Lai has said he would emphasize to Trump that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are crucial for global security, and make the case that China was acting as the \u201cdestroyer\u201d of the strait\u2019s peace.<\/p>\n<p>Lai said he also would tell Trump that Taiwan\u2019s increasing defense budget was a response to threats, and purchases of U.S. arms would be an essential means to safeguard the strait\u2019s stability. <\/p>\n<p>In 1979, Washington ended diplomatic ties with Taiwan as part of recognizing the People\u2019s Republic of China, and the Chinese have reacted strongly after other engagements by senior U.S. leaders with Taiwan\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>After an August 2022 visit to Taipei by <span>then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/span> and five other Democratic lawmakers, China responded with <span>large-scale military exercises<\/span> that included launching short-range ballistic missiles over the island.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trump repeats plans to call Lai despite Beijing pressure<\/h2>\n<p>The United States, under the <span>\u201cOne China\u201d<\/span> policy, recognizes the Chinese position that Taiwan is part of China, while still allowing for informal U.S. relations with the self-governing island.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the U.S. has long agreed to ensure Taipei has the resources to defend itself though Washington has <span>remained ambiguous<\/span> about how far it will go militarily to counter Beijing should it decide to take Taiwan by force.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump\u2019s Friday comments, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington reiterated its position that it intends to \u201cmaintain close contact\u201d with the U.S. on arms sales and other issues.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will leave it up to the U.S. to announce if there\u2019s any arrangements for President Trump to speak with President Lai,\u201d the office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>China would view a phone call between Trump and Lai as more provocative than moving forward with the proposed arms sale to Taiwan, said Edgard Kagan, a former U.S. ambassador to Malaysia and senior State Department official handling East Asia policy issues under Trump and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Kagan added that it was notable that Trump continues to publicly state that such a call is a possibility after China had warned the U.S. administration against a Trump-Lai engagement. <\/p>\n<p>If Trump bypasses a phone call with Lai, he may create the space to move forward with a new arms sales for Taipei while dulling the blowback from Beijing, said Kagan, who is now the China Studies chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could give him the room to announce an arms sale, defuse the criticism that the U.S. is turning its back on Taiwan, and do it in a way that leaves the Chinese feeling there was some respect for their views,\u201d Kagan added. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=557\">Truck breakdown in Niger strands passengers and leaves at least 49 dead in the Sahara Desert<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Madhani reported from Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is keeping open the possibility of speaking directly with Taiwan\u2019s President Lai Ching-te\u2014 even after Beijing has publicly urged him not to. Trump first raised the idea last month following his visit with President Xi Jinping in China, saying that he intended to speak directly with Lai as he weighs whether to approve a $14 billion arms sale for Taipei. The U.S. president told reporters on Air Force One that a call with the Taiwanese leader is still in play. 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