Lai Ching-de in Podcasts
personThe President of Taiwan, the democratically elected leader of Taiwan.
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And then later, when reporters asked whether he planned to call Lai before deciding on the massive $14 billion weapons package for Taiwan.
Trump says he's ready to speak with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de on arms deals.
President Lai Ching-de was due to visit Eswatini a week ago to celebrate the 40th anniversary of King Mswati III's accession to the throne.
Lai urged the opposition to pass his request for $40 billion in additional defense spending to better prepare Taiwan for the threat of a potential Chinese invasion.
But in a statement, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-de wrote that, History tells us that compromising with authoritarian powers only sacrifices sovereignty and democracy.
Taiwan's president, Lai Ching-de, has repeatedly offered to talk to China, but China has rebuffed each of these outreaches because they say he's a separatist.
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