"I think we'll be just fine with China. China doesn't want to do that, Trump told reporters as he met the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese. Speaking of Xi's designs on Taiwan, Trump said: Now that doesn't mean it's not the apple of his eye, because probably it is, but I don't see anything happening. Without explicitly saying he would authorize force to defend Taiwan, Trump said that China knows that the United States is the strongest military power in the world by far."
"We have the best of everything, and nobody's going to mess with that. And I don't see that at all with President Xi, Trump said. I think we're going to get along very well as it pertains to Taiwan and others, he said. Trump will hold his first meeting with Xi of his second term when the leaders of the world's two largest economies visit South Korea later this month for an Asia-Pacific summit."
Donald Trump expressed doubt that China would invade Taiwan and said he is confident about his relationship with Xi Jinping ahead of their upcoming meeting. He referenced a Pentagon assessment about a possible attempt to seize Taiwan within six years but said he expected to be "just fine" with China and that China "doesn't want to do that." Trump said he did not foresee action by Xi and emphasized U.S. military superiority. He prioritized reaching a fair trade deal with China and declined to say whether U.S. support for Taiwan could be sacrificed in negotiations.
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