as china grows militarily, economically more powerful, as the threat to taiwan becomes more real, there are more calls for an end to this ambiguity. now, on the other hand, others say that what biden said is not a good idea. it could, in fact, provoke china to accelerate plans to take over taiwan. it s important to remember, whatever happens to the future of the island, it will have ripple effects around the world adds taiwan is the key supplier for semiconductors that goes into everything from cars to smartphones. so important. appreciate it. thank you. as we look at this, jim, i want to follow up on what you said earlier when you were talking with jeremy because this is your area of expertise, based on your past experience, and you are chief national correspondent, we look at what was ambiguity, and part of that was keeping china guessing.
i don t think so. i think china has been watching. the thing about president trump that sort of throws a wrench into the predictability, he s doing everything his own way. not really by the book. you got these tariffs between the united states and china putting pressure on china. he has maximum pressure campaign that s really working. everybody believes that president trump might actually use military force unlike the previous american presidents. you have china guessing. china doesn t want the united states going to war in north korea. you might have created a situation in which it s possible. miracles can happen in which the chinese might say i want to be a power broker here point to help the united states solve this problem. you talk about also just the weapons and all of this. xi and president trump talking, north korea promises will look