Media: Trump Seriously Considering Incorporating Venezuela into the United States
Trump Says He Will Discuss Arms Sales to Taiwan During His Visit to China
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After speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump, a reporter from Fox News stated that Trump is seriously considering the possibility of incorporating Venezuela as the 51st state of the United States.
Fox News host John Robert wrote on the social media platform X: "Just spoke with Trump on the phone. He told me he's seriously considering the move to incorporate Venezuela as the 51st state of the U.S."
Trump had already hinted at his desire for Venezuela in March, when he congratulated the Venezuelan baseball team for defeating Italy, attributing their victory to cooperation between Venezuela and the United States.
At the beginning of January, the United States launched airstrikes targeting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. After Trump announced his intention to take control of Venezuela’s oil resources, the process of restoring diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Venezuela began.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 11th that during his upcoming visit to China, he would discuss the future U.S. arms sales to Taiwan with Chinese officials.
China's Foreign Ministry previously announced that U.S. President Donald Trump will make a state visit to China from May 13 to May 15.
When responding to related questions, Trump told reporters: "I will discuss this issue. They want us to stop (arms sales to Taiwan – editor's note). We will have discussions on this."
China's Foreign Ministry has previously stated that its position opposing U.S. arms sales to Taiwan is consistent and clear. The U.S. side should genuinely abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three joint communiqués between China and the United States, particularly the August 17 Communique, halt arms sales to Taiwan, and take concrete actions to safeguard the stable development of Sino-U.S. relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
In 1949, the Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek were defeated in the civil war against the Chinese Communist Party and retreated to Taiwan, after which official ties between the central government of China and Taiwan were severed. In the late 1980s, commercial and informal contacts between Taiwan and the mainland were restored. Since the early 1990s, both sides have begun engaging through non-governmental organizations—the Straits Exchange Foundation (Taipei) and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (Beijing).
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1864942605141067/
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