President joe biton has three times said the us. would defend tiwan in case of an invasion. The president is simply committed to provide tiwan with the military means to defend itself, as he has in ukrane. Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend tiwan if it comes to that? Yes, you are. It's a commitment we made. I think if the speaker wants to go, she should go. But i also want to reiterate, you know, polose has bucked the democratic party for years on china. And mostly she has been a fierce advocate for small d democratic norms in that country.
China didn’t want Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan. Neither did the White House. Politico’s Alex Ward explains why she went anyway.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Jon Ehrens, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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