00:00Can I ask you about Taiwan? What did President Xi say to you about Taiwan?
00:05What did President Xi say to you about Taiwan?
00:09And are you still going to approve the arms sale?
00:13So, President Xi and I talked a lot about Taiwan.
00:17He thinks he cannot have anything to do with what they're doing.
00:23I mean, he's against very much what they're doing.
00:26Talking about Taiwan, we talked about Iran a lot.
00:30And I think we have a very good understanding of both.
00:33On Taiwan, he does not want to see a fight for independence
00:38because that would be a very strong confrontation.
00:42And I heard him out.
00:44Are you going to say you're worried?
00:46No, I didn't make a comment on it. I heard him out.
00:48I have a lot of respect for him.
00:50On Iran, it's very interesting. He feels strongly they can't have a nuclear weapon.
00:55He said that very strongly. They cannot have a nuclear weapon.
00:59And he wants them to open up the strait.
01:01But as he said, they close it and then you close them with a smile.
01:07And it's true. We control the strait.
01:09And they've done no business. Literally, they've done no business in the last two and a half weeks,
01:15which is approximately $500 million a day.
01:20So we have been doing very well on all fronts.
01:24I'm sorry, just before we leave it.
01:27Time on, Mr. President.
01:28President Xi said that there was a risk of conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan.
01:32What's your response to that?
01:34I don't think there's a conflict.
01:35Other than we don't need their spray.
01:38We don't need the hard blood spray.
01:40On Taiwan, Mr. President Xi said there was a risk of conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan.
01:46No, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think we're going to be, I think we'll be fine.
01:51He doesn't want to see, he doesn't want to see a war.
01:56And you have two things.
01:57You have the Iranian situation and that.
01:59I think we agree almost entirely other than he's a buyer.
02:03And we're not. We don't need it.
02:05And on Taiwan, he doesn't want to see a movement for independence.
02:09He says, look, you know, we've had it for thousands of years.
02:12And then, at a certain period of time, he left.
02:14Then we were going to get it back.
02:16They had the Korean War.
02:16A lot of things happened.
02:18It all is.
02:19But, no.
02:21For Taiwan, he feels very strongly.
02:25I made no commitment, either way.
02:26Let's see what happens.
02:27What about the arms sales to Taiwan?
02:30I'll make a determination over the next early spring.
02:33Well, you're not necessarily going to go ahead.
02:35It was your proposal.
02:35I'm going to make a determination.
02:37I'm going to see.
02:37I have to speak to the person that right now is, you know, you know who he is.
02:41That's running Taiwan.
02:43Mr. President, on Taiwan again, you said you were going to check with the president of Taiwan.
02:48But the 1982 assurances that President Reagan gave, said you would not, said the United States would not consult with
02:57China on arms sales to Taiwan.
03:00So, it sounds to me like you have consulted with China.
03:02Well, I think 1982 is a long way.
03:04It was.
03:05That's a big thought.
03:06Did you keep dispensing with that?
03:08No, I didn't say anything about it.
03:10But, certainly, it brought that up.
03:13He talked about that to me, obviously.
03:15So, what am I going to do?
03:15Because I don't want to talk to you about it.
03:17Because I have an agreement that was signed in 1982.
03:20No, we discussed arms sales, too.
03:24Now, what's his request?
03:25We discussed the Taiwan, you know, the whole thing with the arms sales.
03:29It was in great detail, actually.
03:31And I'll be making decisions.
03:33What was his request?
03:34But, you know, I think the last thing we need right now is a war.
03:38That's 9,500 miles away.
03:41I think that's the last thing we need.
03:42We're doing very well.
03:43Would the U.S. defend Taiwan if it came to it?
03:46I don't want to say.
03:47I'm not going to say that.
03:49There's only one person that knows that.
03:51You know who it is?
03:52Me.
03:52I'm the only person.
03:54That question was asked to me today by President Xi.
03:57He said, I don't talk about that.
03:59He asked you today.
04:01He asked you if you would send troops.
04:04He asked me if I defend them.
04:05I said, I don't talk about that.
04:07He said, I don't talk about that.
04:08He said, I don't talk about that.
04:08If you're talking about the cyber attacks.
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04:20Yeah.
04:20Yeah.
04:21Yeah.
04:22Yeah.
04:22Yeah.
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