Trump Weighs Whether to Let Taiwan Leader Transit Through US
Source: Bloomberg
July 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM EDT
Updated on July 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM EDT
The Trump administration is debating whether to allow a planned US stopover by Taiwans leader next week as concerns mount that it could derail trade talks with China and a potential summit with President Xi Jinping, according to people familiar with the matter.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te was planning to stop in New York on Aug. 4 and then Dallas 10 days later as part of a trip to diplomatic allies Paraguay, Guatemala and Belize, Bloomberg reported earlier this month. Planning for the trip was thrown into flux late last week when Taiwanese officials couldnt get their US counterparts to give the green light, the people said.
The hesitation over allowing Lais trip has unnerved some officials in the US as well as in Taipei who fear President Donald Trump may concede too much to China as he seeks a meeting with Xi, the people said. Bloomberg reported earlier that Trumps administration was reaching out to CEOs to accompany him on a possible trip to Beijing later this year.
The White House and US State Department didnt reply to requests for comment made outside normal working hours.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-28/trump-weighs-whether-to-allow-taiwan-leader-s-transit-through-us?srnd=phx-politics
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Throwing Taiwan under the bus.

flying_wahini
(8,157 posts)I wouldnt if I was him.
IronLionZion
(49,519 posts)I doubt the Trump administration would provide assistance if they needed it against any hostility from China.
The Taiwanese leader could meet with American officials in Canada or Mexico or a video chat.
Miguelito Loveless
(5,109 posts)come to the US, and meet in either Canada or Mexico,
speak easy
(12,100 posts)Let's be clear - Paraguay, Guatemala and Belize - (theoretically) recognize Taipei as the legitimate government of all China, as does the ROC constitution. You cannot recognize both Taipei and Beijing - Taiwan is not independent.
That's what the problem is. U.S. did not formally recognize Beijing until 1979 ... 30 years after the end of the civil war. And the Taipei Government did not (formally) drop the pretense that Red China was illegitimate until 1991, 20 years after they lost their seat on the Security Council.
That's what the problem is ... the humiliation. It's not that Beijing considers Taiwan a renegade providence, it's that Taiwan is a province that said they were the government for 40+ years.
BumRushDaShow
(157,375 posts)almost 30 years ago.
This provided a rich gold mine of finances as they eventually (and violently in more recent times) absorbed them into the PRC and focused on Taiwan.
Bayard
(26,186 posts)He won't lift a finger to protect Taiwan.
twodogsbarking
(14,662 posts)If the devil is real he must get lessons from Trump.
nowforever
(576 posts)Taiwan who???
BumRushDaShow
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