00:00What did President Xi say to you about Taiwan, and are you still going to approve the arms sale?
00:11So, President Xi and I talked a lot about Taiwan.
00:16He thinks they cannot have anything to do with what they're doing.
00:22I mean, he's against very much what they're doing.
00:25We talked about Taiwan, we talked about Paranela,
00:28and I think we have a very good understanding on both.
00:32On Taiwan, he does not want to see a fight for independence,
00:36because that would be a very strong confrontation.
00:41And I heard him out.
00:43Are you going to say two words?
00:44No, I didn't make a comment on it. I heard him out.
00:47I have a lot of respect for him.
00:49On Iran, it's very interesting.
00:50He feels strongly they can't have a nuclear weapon.
00:53He said that very strongly.
00:55They cannot have a nuclear weapon.
00:57and he wants them to open up the strait.
01:00But as he said, they closed it, and then you closed them with a smile.
01:05And it's true.
01:06We control the strait.
01:08And they've done no business.
01:10Literally, they've done no business in the last two and a half weeks,
01:13which is approximately $500 million a day.
01:18So, we have, we're doing very well on all fronts.
01:23Sir, just before we leave, Mr. President,
01:27President Xi said that there was a risk of conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan.
01:31What's your response to that?
01:32I don't think there's a conflict, other than we don't need their, their strait.
01:37We don't need the other side.
01:38It's not Taiwan.
01:39It's not, Mr. President Xi said there was a risk of conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan.
01:45No, no, I don't think so.
01:46I don't think so.
01:46I think we're going to be, I think we'll be fine.
01:49He doesn't want to see, he doesn't want to see a war.
01:54And you have two things.
01:55You have the Iranian situation and that.
01:58I think we agree almost entirely, other than he's a buyer.
02:01And we're not.
02:02We don't need it.
02:03And on Taiwan, he doesn't want to see a movement for independence.
02:08He says, look, you know, we've had it for thousands of years.
02:10And then at a certain period of time and left, then we were going to get it back.
02:14They had the Korean War.
02:15A lot of things happened.
02:16And all this, but, no, for Taiwan, he feels very strongly.
02:23I made no commitment either way.
02:25See what happens.
02:25What about the arms sales to Taiwan?
02:28I'll make a determination over the next early short period.
02:31But you're not necessarily going to go ahead.
02:33It was your proposal.
02:34I'm going to make a determination.
02:35I have to speak to the person that right now, you know who he is, that's running Taiwan.
02:41President, on Taiwan again, you said you were going to check with the president of Taiwan.
02:46But the 1982 assurances that President Reagan gave said you would not, said the United States would not consult with
02:54China on arms sales to Taiwan.
02:57So it sounds to me like you have consulted with China.
03:00Well, I think 1982 is a long way.
03:02It was.
03:02That's a big, far distance.
03:05So you dispensed with that?
03:05No, I didn't say anything about it.
03:07But certainly, you know, brought that up.
03:10He talked about that to me, obviously.
03:12So what am I going to do?
03:13Is I don't want to talk to you about it?
03:15Because I have an agreement that was signed in 1982?
03:18No, we discussed arms sales, too.
03:21And what's his request?
03:22We discussed the Taiwan, you know, the whole thing with the arms sales was in great detail, actually.
03:29And I'll be making decisions.
03:31But, you know, I think the last thing we need right now is a war that's 9,500 miles away.
03:38I think that's the last thing we need.
03:40We're doing very well.
03:41Would the U.S. defend Taiwan if it came to it?
03:43I don't want to say it.
03:44I'm not going to say that.
03:47There's only one person that knows that.
03:49You know who it is?
03:49Me.
03:50I'm the only person.
03:51That question was asked to me today by President Xi.
03:55I said, I don't talk about that.
03:57He asked you today.
03:59He asked you if you would send troops, if we would defend.
04:01He asked me if I defend them.
04:03I said, I don't talk about that.
04:04She tells him that.
04:05Yeah, I don't talk about that.
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