The question of China’s occupation of Taiwan
Trump: Xi knows I’m crazy
October 19, 2024 at 1:48 pm
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China considers Taiwan as its own territory and threatens to invade it. US presidential candidate Trump has said that there will be no war if he wins the election. His reasoning for this assessment is quite peculiar.
If Donald Trump wins the US presidential election, China will not invade Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping knew Trump was crazy, Republicans said in an interview, using a bad word to explain his assessment. Specifically, Trump told Xi “I know I’m crazy.”
Trump spoke to the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Friday areas Released from the 90-minute meeting. The former president said it would be easy to convince China’s leadership to lift the blockade against Taiwan.
“I had a very close relationship with him. He’s a very good, I don’t want to say friend — I don’t want to pretend he’s my friend — but I got along really well with him,” Trump said. Interview Xi. “He lived with me at Mar-a-Lago, so we got to know each other very well. He was a very solid person.”
The Wall Street Journal asked how his relationship with Xi could prevent a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Trump then threatened to impose tariffs of 150 to 200 percent on Chinese goods. Asked if he would use military force, Trump replied: “I don’t have to because he respects me and knows I’m crazy.”
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