U.S. President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping gave him a personal assurance that he wouldn't invade Taiwan while Trump was in the White House.

Trump made the comment during an interview with Fox News ' Special Report ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

Newsweek contacted the Chinese Foreign Ministry for comment on Saturday via email.

Why It Matters

The Chinese government has long regarded Taiwan, an island democracy with about 23 million people, as a renegade province, and Xi has repeatedly said it will be "reunified" with mainland China. In June, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there was an "imminent" threat that China could invade Taiwan, amid reports that Xi had set a 2027 deadline for Beijing's sove

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