Trump Rejects Comments On China-Taiwan Conflicts That Continue To Heat Up

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JAKARTA - United States President Donald Trumpu declined to comment when asked if the United States would allow China to take over Taiwan by force.

"I never commented on that," Trump said at the White House.

"I don't want to put myself in that position," he added.

Trump spoke at a Cabinet meeting in response to reporters' questions about whether his policy stressed that China would never take over Taiwan by force during his tenure as president.

Trump said he intends to establish good relations with China, including cross-border investments, even though he charges goods from the country.

Beijing has never stopped using force to bring democratically-ruled Taiwan under its control. Taiwan strongly objected to China's claim to sovereignty.

In a separate interview with Fox News, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the government had a long standing on Taiwan that they would not abandon, namely against changing Taiwan's forced or forced status.

America already has a commitment to prevent this from happening and react to it, and it will be implemented if China is aware of this too," he said.

The United States transferred diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979 and has long said it does not support Taiwan's formal declaration of independence.

However, China remains an unofficial relationship with Taiwan and remains their most important arms supplier and supporter under a law requiring Washington to provide facilities for Taiwan to defend itself.

The United States adheres to its strategic ambiguity policy and does not explain whether the US will respond militarily to the attacks on Taiwan.

Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, took a different approach during his tenure, saying US troops would defend Taiwan if China attacked.