Trump Refuses to Reveal Whether He Would Defend Taiwan: ‘I’m the Only Person’ Who Knows That

[mystery-ak]

Trump Refuses to Reveal Whether He Would Defend Taiwan: ‘I’m the Only Person’ Who Knows That

Nick Gilbertson 15 May 2026
1:44

President Donald Trump told reporters he refused to reveal to Chinese President Xi Jinping whether he would defend Taiwan from China.

While aboard Air Force One en route to the United States from China, a reporter asked Trump if he would defend Taiwan if it came to it.

“I don’t want to say. I’m not going to say that. There’s only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me. I’m the only person,” Trump said. “That question was asked to me today by President Xi. I said I don’t talk about those things.”

When asked about Xi’s comments on the risk of conflict over Taiwan with the United States, Trump said, “No, I don’t think so.”

“I think we’ll be fine… He doesn’t want to see a war, and you have two things: you have the Iranian situation. On that, I think we agree almost entirely, other than he’s a buyer, and we’re not. We don’t need it. And on Taiwan, he doesn’t want to see a movement for independence,” Trump said.

“He says, ‘Look, you know, we’ve had it for thousands of years, and then at a certain period of time it left, and we were going to get it back, add the Korean War; a lot of things happened… On Taiwan, he feels very strongly. I made no commitment either way,” he added.

Trump also noted that Xi asked him about arms sales to Taiwan.

“We discussed arm sales to Taiwan; the whole thing with the arm sales was in great detail, actually. And I’ll be making decisions. You know, I think the last thing we need right now is a war that’s 9,500 miles away,” Trump said.


https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2026/05/15/trump-refuses-to-reveal-whether-he-would-defend-taiwan-im-the-only-person-who-knows-that/

[rustynail]

Trump bought hundreds of millions in war stocks in early 26

[Idiot]

Trump Refuses to Reveal Whether He Would Defend Taiwan: ‘I’m the Only Person’ Who Knows That

Nick Gilbertson 15 May 2026
1:44

President Donald Trump told reporters he refused to reveal to Chinese President Xi Jinping whether he would defend Taiwan from China.

While aboard Air Force One en route to the United States from China, a reporter asked Trump if he would defend Taiwan if it came to it.

“I don’t want to say. I’m not going to say that. There’s only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me. I’m the only person,” Trump said. “That question was asked to me today by President Xi. I said I don’t talk about those things.”

When asked about Xi’s comments on the risk of conflict over Taiwan with the United States, Trump said, “No, I don’t think so.”

“I think we’ll be fine… He doesn’t want to see a war, and you have two things: you have the Iranian situation. On that, I think we agree almost entirely, other than he’s a buyer, and we’re not. We don’t need it. And on Taiwan, he doesn’t want to see a movement for independence,” Trump said.

“He says, ‘Look, you know, we’ve had it for thousands of years, and then at a certain period of time it left, and we were going to get it back, add the Korean War; a lot of things happened… On Taiwan, he feels very strongly. I made no commitment either way,” he added.

Trump also noted that Xi asked him about arms sales to Taiwan.

“We discussed arm sales to Taiwan; the whole thing with the arm sales was in great detail, actually. And I’ll be making decisions. You know, I think the last thing we need right now is a war that’s 9,500 miles away,” Trump said.


https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2026/05/15/trump-refuses-to-reveal-whether-he-would-defend-taiwan-im-the-only-person-who-knows-that/

I heard him say this and it came across as him saying that we WON'T support Taiwan if/when they are attacked by China.  I was kind of shocked he said that.  If I were Taiwan I'd be very concerned.

[Idiot]

Trump bought hundreds of millions in war stocks in early 26

What are you calling a "war stock"?  Stock in defense companies?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

He's highly regarded.

[rustynail]

What are you calling a "war stock"?  Stock in defense companies?

"Trump made significant investments in tech, defense, and crypto-related companies, including purchases valued between $1 million and $5 million each in Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Boeing, and Adobe.  He also bought stock in Palantir, Axon, Robinhood, and several media firms like Disney, Netflix, and Paramount.  Notably, some trades coincided with regulatory actions or business developments, such as purchasing Nvidia stock before the Commerce Department approved chip sales to China and buying Oracle shares as the administration facilitated its role in the TikTok U.S. operations deal"..(ai)

[Idiot]

What are you calling a "war stock"?  Stock in defense companies?

"Trump made significant investments in tech, defense, and crypto-related companies, including purchases valued between $1 million and $5 million each in Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Boeing, and Adobe.  He also bought stock in Palantir, Axon, Robinhood, and several media firms like Disney, Netflix, and Paramount.  Notably, some trades coincided with regulatory actions or business developments, such as purchasing Nvidia stock before the Commerce Department approved chip sales to China and buying Oracle shares as the administration facilitated its role in the TikTok U.S. operations deal"..(ai)

I'm pretty sure my financial advisor has me in some if not all of those stocks......   

[catfish1957]

Trump bought hundreds of millions in war stocks in early 26

Again?  Accusations without references?  You can do better than that.

PS....   $100M'S?  You don't think that that would trigger SEC scrutiny?

[catfish1957]

Trump bought hundreds of millions in war stocks in early 26

After 10 pages of search engines all I came up was him buying ASTS $15K (ASTS Space Mobile) and RKLB $50K (Rocket Lab).

So....  how do you extract $65K out of $100M?  $65K?  I buy more than that typically in a quarter.

You really need to verify these things before posting shit like this.

[libertybele]

He's  being smart. Why would he state whether or not he'd defend Taiwan?  Circumstances change and saying he'd defend them might be construed as making a threat.