Overview
- The remarks aired in a CBS 60 Minutes interview taped Friday at Mar-a-Lago and broadcast Sunday.
- Trump said Taiwan "never came up" in his Busan meeting with Xi, which centered on a provisional trade truce.
- Pressed on whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan, Trump declined to commit and cited strategic ambiguity.
- The Chinese embassy reiterated that Taiwan is an internal matter without verifying Trump's account of assurances.
- Reporting continues to note expanded Chinese military drills near Taiwan and U.S. intelligence warnings about potential 2027 preparations.