americanwire
When asked at a press conference in Japan if the United States would defend Taiwan if China invaded it, President Joe Biden emphatically replied that “yes” we would, sending the White House into a predictable panic as they rushed to clarify that’s not what he really meant.
“Very quickly, you didn’t want to get involved in the Ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?” a reporter asked the president.
“Yes,” Biden succinctly replied.
“You are?” the reporter pressed.
“That’s the commitment we made,” he replied, before clarifying that the U.S. stands by the One China policy.
“Look, here’s the situation. We agree with the One China policy,” he stated, “but the idea that to be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not appropriate. It will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine.”
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