Wendy Sherman: Trump-Xi Summit ‘Was Quite Underperforming ... in Many Ways’

SHERMAN: "Well, I think this was quite an underperforming summit in many ways. I think this was a time for both leaders to try to size each other up. The president, I hope we will get more details, but on Taiwan, there was great concern because, as David Sanger of The New York Times pointed out, in 1982, President Reagan came up with a set of assurances for Taiwan, including that we would not discuss arms sales with China. And indeed, it appears President Trump did discuss arms sales with President Xi. He now says he will make a decision about it, but it does make us all concerned about what really went on here and whether the president is going to sell out Taiwan over time. I‘m hoping, because the Congress is greatly supportive, that the arms sales go through. The other thing I‘d note, Kate, is the president said he was going to talk to the president of Taiwan. That is quite unusual. I was trying to think whether that had ever happened before, at least a public announcement of such a call. On one hand, that‘s good news. He‘s affirming that Taiwan has its own leadership, but we have a lot left to see here. We don‘t really know the details of what happened in this summit."

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Wendy Sherman: Trump-Xi Summit ‘Was Quite Underperforming ... in Many Ways’News & Politics,InternationalEXCERPT:SHERMAN: "Well, I think this was quite an underperforming summit in many ways. I think this was a time for both leaders to try to size each other up. The president, I hope we will get more details, but on Taiwan, there was great concern because, as David Sanger of The New York Times pointed out, in 1982, President Reagan came up with a set of assurances for Taiwan, including that we would not discuss arms sales with China. And indeed, it appears President Trump did discuss arms sales with President Xi. He now says he will make a decision about it, but it does make us all concerned about what really went on here and whether the president is going to sell out Taiwan over time. I‘m hoping, because the Congress is greatly supportive, that the arms sales go through. The other thing I‘d note, Kate, is the president said he was going to talk to the president of Taiwan. That is quite unusual. I was trying to think whether that had ever happened before, at least a public announcement of such a call. On one hand, that‘s good news. He‘s affirming that Taiwan has its own leadership, but we have a lot left to see here. We don‘t really know the details of what happened in this summit."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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