White House once again walks back Biden's promise to defend Taiwan, says there is no 'policy change'

📆 9/21/2022 6:15 AM

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President Biden was answering a hypothetical when he said the U.S. would deploy troops to defend Taiwan this week, the White House says, adding that U.S. policy hasn't changed.

White House spokesman Jake Sullivan walked back President Biden's vow to send U.S. troops to defend Taiwan.walked back President Biden's statement that the U.S. would deploy troops to defend Taiwan from China on Tuesday, saying Biden was answering a hypothetical and that there was no change in policy.

"As the president said in his interview on ‘60 Minutes,’ we continue to stand behind the 'One China' policy," Sullivan said."When the president of the United States wants to announce a policy change, he will do so. He has not done so.""[Biden] stands behind the historic U.S. policy toward Taiwan that has existed through Democrat and Republican administrations and has helped keep peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait for decades," he continued.

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