During a “town hall meeting” in Baltimore, last night, President Joe Biden was set up by CNN’s Anderson Cooper to further wreck U.S.-China relations. Asked about China, Biden replied: “Don’t worry about whether we’re going to — they’re going to be more powerful. What you do have to worry about is whether or not they’re going to engage in activities that will put them in a position where there — they may make a serious mistake. And so, I have had — I have spoken and spent more time with Xi Jinping than any other world leader has. That’s why you have — you know, you hear people saying, ‘Biden wants to start a new Cold War with China.’ I don’t want a Cold War with China. I just want to make China understand that we are not going to step back. We are not going to change any of our views.”
“So, are you saying that the United States would come to Taiwan’s defense if China attacked?” an apparently unbelieving Cooper asked. “Yes, we have a commitment to do that,” Biden said, in an apparent abandonment of the U.S. policy of ambiguity on the defense of Taiwan.
The White House, however, was quick to “clarify” afterwards that the President was “not announcing any change in our policy.”
“The U.S. defense relationship with Taiwan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act,” a spokesperson said. “We will uphold our commitment under the act, we will continue to support Taiwan’s self-defense and we will continue to oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo.”
