WASHINGTON/TOKYO/TAIPEI — As former President Donald Trump gains momentum in his bid for a return to the White House, observers are examining how a potential Trump presidency affects Taiwan policy and whether it changes Beijing’s calculations, including the time line for China’s publicly stated desire for unification.
“During the majority of the Trump administration, one of the worst kept secrets in Washington was that Trump didn’t care about Taiwan,” Evan Medeiros, former National Security Council senior director for Asia under President Barack Obama, told Nikkei Asia. “There were some rumors that, in fact, he even said that during meetings with Chinese officials.”
