China Demands U.S. To Back Down

President Trump announced that he’s open to doing business with China. However, could China’s demands over Taiwan derail his first meeting with Xi Jinping?

Chinese ministry spokesperson Mao Ning reported the warning:

President Xi stressed to President Trump that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy.

“Taiwan independence” and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water. Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the U.S.

The warning comes on the heels of Jinping’s proclamation earlier this week that he and Trump agree “both believe that the China-US relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. We must make it work and never mess it up.”

Of course, the issue of the United States’ support for Taiwan is nothing new. My Sekulow co-host, Executive Producer Will Haynes, elaborated further:

So the Chinese government . . . believe[s] in reunification, is what they call it, where Taiwan will be a part once again of China. The United States, for a long time, has had this doctrine called “strategic ambiguity,” where we don’t take a direct position on the people of Taiwan, whether or not we support them in an independence bid. But also we don’t directly say whether or not we would defend Taiwan if there were hostilities from mainland China. So we stay in this kind of bubble zone of strategic ambiguity – to keep the peace, so to speak.

China and the United States are inextricably linked by global economics. Trump’s motivation behind his visit is economic success for the United States. For him, the issue of Taiwan is likely a side issue; however, it’s a vital one for China.

He also hopes that an alliance with China will put more pressure on Iran. He’s already aligned the United States with the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Thus, a Chinese alliance would be a major development for America’s and Israel’s interests in the Middle East.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined the broadcast to explain why the United States supports a free Taiwan:

Taiwan is important for multiple reasons. One, it’s a sovereign, independent nation. The United States protects its sovereignty. President Trump made that a central part of his campaign, right? Stopping immigration, illegal immigration across our southern border because we’re in fact a sovereign country. . . . We want to be on the right side, helping other nations protect their sovereignty.

Second, it’s a democratically elected country that is an important trade partner. Indeed, when we talk about AI and all this amazing technology, you can’t separate that from Taiwan. Taiwan is absolutely central to the United States maintaining its lead in the most complex, important technologies of the next five and 10 years. And so we can’t allow that to fall into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party. . . .

I’m unsurprised by the fact that the Chinese opened with this [warning.] In every single engagement I had with every single Chinese counterpart during my four years at the CIA and at the State Department, this was issue one, issue two, issue three for them. . . . President Trump has demonstrated his willingness to continue to support Taiwan, and [Jinping] wants to try to push back against him.

The danger of Chinese influence still threatens America. Look no further than China buying up so much farmland, the infamous spy balloon, or the recent bombshell of a California mayor who was a Chinese spy.

That’s why the ACLJ fully supports efforts to restore America’s national security. We are fighting back in court with FOIA lawsuits against the DOD, DOJ, FBI, and NSA to expose the Deep State’s lies and failures, and any entity or person working against the efforts of President Trump.

Join us in supporting President Trump’s national security team as they work to defend our nation.          

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included a full analysis of China’s warning to the United States. Brazilian soccer superstar Paulo Silas Pereira joined us in-studio to promote his book, Beyond Success: One Athlete’s Outstanding Pursuit of Goals, God, and Glory .

Watch the full broadcast below: