WORLD_ Trump snubs Xi in promise to have first direct talk with leader ‘running Taiwan’ in almost 50 years (Emily Hallas - WASHINGTON EXAMINER)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Trump snubs Xi in promise to have first direct talk with leader ‘running Taiwan’ in almost 50 years

By Emily Hallas
Published May 21, 2026 5:24pm ET | Updated May 21, 2026 5:24pm ET

VIDEO


President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed he plans to speak directly with Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te, marking a departure from decades of U.S. precedent.

Such talks promise to antagonize China, where Trump recently traveled to meet with President Xi Jinping and discuss Taiwan. Beijing has long sought to assert communist control over the strategically placed island, which lies just off of China’s coast, after it broke away from the mainland in 1949 and attempted to assert itself as a sovereign democratic nation.

When pressed on whether he planned to speak with Lai about possibly selling the tiny island weapons, Trump said: “I’ll speak to him. I speak to everybody … we’ll work on that, the Taiwan problem.”

Beijing protested the move, while Taiwan’s foreign ministry said Thursday that it would be “happy to discuss these matters with President Trump.”

...

READ MORE: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4578799/trump-snub-xi-promise-first-direct-talk-taiwan-president-50-years/

***

Chân thành cám ơn Quý Anh Chị ghé thăm "conbenho Nguyễn Hoài Trang Blog"
Xin được lắng nghe ý kiến chia sẻ của Quý Anh Chị trực tiếp tại Diễn Đàn Paltalk: 1Latdo Tapdoan Vietgian CSVN Phanquoc Bannuoc.
Kính Chúc Sức Khỏe Quý Anh Chị.

conbenho
Tiểu Muội quantu
Nguyễn Hoài Trang
22052026
__________________________
Cộng sản Việt Nam là TỘI ÁC
Bao che, dung dưỡng TỘI ÁC là ĐỒNG LÕA với TỘI ÁC