The top spy chief pointed to “clear” comments POTUS has made about defending Taiwan militarily in a Chinese invasion despite the White House insisting the US posture of “strategic ambiguity” has not changed.
Biden has repeatedly vowed that the United States would respond militarily to defend Taiwan if China attacked the democratic island nation. Each time, the White House has subsequently insisted America’s decadeslong policy toward Taiwan was not shifting. Biden has said the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily at least four times — in August and October 2021 and in May and September 2022.
When asked if she agreed that there would be stronger deterrence if U.S. adversaries such as China knew that the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily if necessary, Haines replied, “In this particular case, I think it is clear to the Chinese what our position is, based on the president’s comments.” There was and is no such mutual defense treaty with Taiwan, and the White House walked back Biden’s remarks. It quickly became a pattern.Taiwan, known as the Republic of China, is an independent island nation off the coast of mainland China. The Chinese Communist Party has long sought to bring the territory under its control, while Taiwan is self-governed and receives U.S. defense support despite not being formally recognized.
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki insisted then that Biden’s comments did not deviate from U.S. policy. Biden was then asked by the press in May 2022 whether the U.S. would get directly involved militarily if China invaded Taiwan, unlike how the U.S. responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden said “yes” and that “that's the commitment we made.”
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