US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley has said the Pentagon will support Taiwan’s military with both weapons and training, warning of a Chinese attack on the island while accusing Beijing of seeking “global military superiority.”
Speaking at an event held by the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday, the American general stressed that Washington would continue to strengthen security cooperation with Taipei, despite vocal objections from Beijing, which considers the island part of China’s sovereign territory.
“The US is committed through the Taiwan Relations Act, and President [Joe] Biden has said on many occasions recently that the United States will continue to support Taiwan,” Milley said, referring to US legislation outlining the relationship with Taipei. “We will support them militarily” and “try to help train them and equip them.”
Milley went on to claim that while there’s no indication Beijing will attack the island in the immediate future, Chinese President Xi Jinping is now “evaluating the situation and recalculating what they might do,” noting that an assault across the Taiwan Strait would be “really difficult.”
“It’s really hard. And I think they’re coming to realize that,” he continued, adding that preparations for an attack and actually carrying one out are “two different things.”
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