TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said on May 20 that if given the chance, he would tell U.S. President Donald Trump that China is the “destroyer” of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Speaking at the presidential office, Lai delivered a speech marking two years in office, at the halfway point of his presidency, amid growing military pressure and escalating coercion from the Chinese communist regime.
Washington switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979; no conversation has since taken place between the two presidents. Still, in December 2016, Trump, then the president-elect, held a rare phone call with Lai’s predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen….
Taiwanese President Says He Would Tell Trump Beijing Is Destabilizing the Region, If They Hold Talks
