Lai Urges Trump to Back Taiwan as Doubts Rise Over US Commitment

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te urged Donald Trump to continue supporting Taiwan, amid mounting concerns over whether the US president could sacrifice the self-governing democracy’s interests in order to engage with Beijing.

“If Taiwan is annexed, China will become even more powerful in competing with the US on the global stage and altering the rules-based international order,” Lai told The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, according to a statement by the Presidential Office in Taipei on Tuesday. “Ultimately, this will also impact America’s own national interests.”

Lai’s public appeal to the US president on a conservative radio show underscores the ...