{"id":32319,"date":"2025-08-16T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/16\/trump-says-xi-told-him-china-will-not-invade-taiwan-while-he-is-us-president\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T04:04:00","slug":"trump-says-xi-told-him-china-will-not-invade-taiwan-while-he-is-us-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/16\/trump-says-xi-told-him-china-will-not-invade-taiwan-while-he-is-us-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Xi told him China will not invade Taiwan while he is US president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China would not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office. Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News, ahead of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.<br \/>&#8220;I will tell you, you know, you have a very similar thing with President Xi of China and Taiwan, but I don&#8217;t believe there&#8217;s any way it&#8217;s going to happen as long as I&#8217;m here. We&#8217;ll see,&#8221; Trump said during an interview on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Special Report.&#8221;<br \/>&#8220;He told me, &#8216;I will never do it as long as you&#8217;re president.&#8217; President Xi told me that, and I said, &#8216;Well, I appreciate that,&#8217; but he also said, &#8216;But I am very patient, and China is very patient.&#8217;,&#8221; Trump said. 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