# David Stilwell: Has President Trump’s Taiwan policy changed?

https://mins.news/en/video/36479

- VOA Chinese, 2026-08-29 07:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mj1MnWE1UQ

> Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping has raised the question of whether Taiwan could become a bargaining chip in U.S.-China talks. Speaking to VOA, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell said Trump’s flattering remarks about Xi were more of a negotiating tactic, and the summit’s rhetoric should not be read simply as a shift in U.S. policy toward Taiwan.

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