In West Palm Beach, President Donald Trump said Xi Jinping assured him Beijing would take no steps toward unifying Taiwan with the mainland while he is in office. He added Taiwan didn’t come up during their Thursday talks in South Korea, which focused on U.S.-China trade tensions, but said China “knows the consequences.” Asked if he would order U.S. forces to defend Taiwan, he declined to say, citing strategic ambiguity. The Chinese embassy offered no comment; the White House gave no details. A 60 Minutes interview taped Friday at Mar-a-Lago aired in part Sunday.

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