WATCH: Antony Blinken’s Surprising Answer On If Biden Will Defend Taiwan If China Invades | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This older, but yet to be published post is finally being presented now as an archivable history of the current events of these days that will become the real history of tomorrow.

Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Daily Wire News.

    Secretary of State Antony Blinken dodged answering a question from CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday regarding whether the Biden administration would come to Taiwan's defense if China tries to invade the island nation.

    When asked whether the administration has committed directly to Taiwan's government that it would help defend Taiwan, Blinken said that the administration was committed to making sure that "Taiwan has the means to defend itself, and we stand by that."

    "Are you now saying that the United States would not come to Taiwan's defense if attacked?" Bash asked. "Can you be specific, yes or no?"

    "Dana, again, what I can tell you is that we remain committed, resolutely committed, to our responsibilities under the Taiwan Relations Act, including making sure that Taiwan has the ability to defend itself from any aggression," Blinken said.

    "The president said specifically that the U.S. would [defend Taiwan]," Bash said. "That's not what you're saying, correct?"

    "The president has for a long time, including when he was a senator voting for the Taiwan Relations Act, made clear that we will do everything necessary to make sure that Taiwan has the means to defend itself," Blinken answered.

    Watch:



    TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA THE STATE DEPARTMENT:

    DANA BASH, CNN HOST: President Biden said at CNN's town hall last week that the U.S. would come to Taiwan's defense if China invaded. Your spokesperson said there is no change in U.S. position. So I just want to clarify: Has the U.S. committed directly to the Taiwanese government that it will come to Taiwan's defense if China invades?

    ANTONY BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE: There is no change in our policy. We've had a longstanding commitment that, by the way, then-Senator Biden strongly supported when he was in the United States Senate, a longstanding commitment pursuant to the Taiwan Relations Act to make sure that Taiwan has the means to defend itself, and we stand by that. The president stood by that strongly, and we want to make sure that no one takes any unilateral action that would disrupt the status quo with regard to Taiwan. That hasn't changed.

    BASH: You are the secretary of state, and that was very, very perfect diplo-speak, so I just wanted - for people who don't speak that language, can you clarify what that exactly means? Are you now saying that the United States would not come to Taiwan's defense if attacked? Can you be specific, yes or no?

    BLINKEN: Dana, again, what I can tell you is that we remain committed, resolutely committed, to our responsibilities under the Taiwan Relations Act, including making sure that Taiwan has the ability to defend itself from any aggression.

    BASH: Okay. Just one more follow on that. The president said specifically that the U.S. would. That's not what you're saying, correct?

    BLINKEN: The president has for a long time, including when he was a senator voting for the Taiwan Relations Act, made clear that we will do everything necessary to make sure that Taiwan has the means to defend itself.

poll#154

Inarguably, the policies of the Democrats in congress and Joe Biden as the Executive is plunging the United States into a recession, if we are not already there; a recession that was completely avoidable. Will abrupt changes in policies occur in time?

  Yes, the Democrats have a bold plan, yet to be revealed, to save us.

  No, there will have to be a complete undoing of the damage done by these Democrats.

  I can't do simple math, so how am I to understand the concept of basic economics.

1,216 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?