{"id":2603781,"date":"2026-05-17T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwans-us-ambassador-confident-arms-sale-will-go-through-despite-trump-delay\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:38:11","slug":"taiwans-us-ambassador-confident-arms-sale-will-go-through-despite-trump-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwans-us-ambassador-confident-arms-sale-will-go-through-despite-trump-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan&#8217;s US ambassador confident arms sale will go through despite Trump delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaiwans-us-ambassador-confident-arms-sale-will-go-through-despite-trump-delay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603781&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan\u2019s representative in the U.S., expressed optimism despite delays in U.S. approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-legislative-push-seeks-to-stop-biden-admin-from-unraveling-iran-sanctions\/\" title=\"GOP Legislative Push Seeks to Stop Biden Admin from Unraveling Iran Sanctions\">arms sales<\/a> to Taiwan. He said U.S. policy has been consistent since 1979 under the Taiwan Relations Act, providing weapons in line with the threat Taiwan faces.<\/p>\n<p>Yui noted that the Trump management had also supported major arms sales during its first term and that a new $11 billion sale was approved in December 2025. Though, Trump has not yet signed off on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >proposed  billion package backed<\/a> by Congress.Yui argued that, while Trump hasn\u2019t approved the additional sale, he has made clear he disagrees with China\u2019s position, and White House officials have indicated there has been no shift in U.S. Taiwan policy. After meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said he would \u201cbe making decisions\u201d on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-of-state-blinken-says-biden-wants-to-restore-failed-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Secy. of State Blinken says Biden wants to restore failed Iran Nuclear Deal\">arms sale<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Ambassador Alexander Yui, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taiwan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1226\">Taiwanese<\/a> Representative to the United States, remained optimistic on Sunday about the American arms sale to Taiwan in the face of its delay.<\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> brought a renewed focus on U.S.-Taiwan policy this past week as he flew to Beijing to visit <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"232\">Chinese<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"233\">Xi Jinping<\/a>. Despite efforts from a group of U.S. Senators to urge Trump to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4563074\/senators-taiwan-arms-sale-china-trump-summit\/\">announce the sale of weapons<\/a> to\u00a0Taiwan ahead of his trip to China, Trump both went on and left the trip <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4570118\/trump-leaves-china-without-taiwan-arms-sale\/\">without making a commitment<\/a>. However, Yui did not waver in his confidence in the sale on Sunday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4571804\/ukraine-drone-strikes-moscow-russia\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ukrainian drone strikes kill four in Russia; Zelensky says attack \u2018entirely justified\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4571783\/drone-strike-uae-nuclear-plant-iran-war\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Drone strike starts fire outside UAE nuclear plant as Iran war ceasefire tested<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4571273\/bishop-barron-freedom-religion-us-rededicate-250\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bishop Barron contemplates \u2018paradox\u2019 of \u2018free exercise of religion\u2019 in US ahead of Rededicate 250<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe United States government has been consistent throughout all administrations since 1979 in providing arms to Taiwan, according to the Taiwan Relations Act, which is selling arms commensurate to the threat that Taiwan receives,\u201d Yui said on CBS\u2019s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The U.S. had provided arms assistance to Taiwan for decades, including under Trump\u2019s first tenure as president. The second Trump administration approved an $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan in December 2025. However, Trump has not yet signed off on a proposed $14 billion package that Congress has supported. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPast administrations, including in President Trump\u2019s first term, made considerable amounts of sales, including the F-16 Block 70s. And also, in his second administration, last year he made two sales to Taiwan also, again, the last one also a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-olympic-committee-warns-athletes-not-to-criticize-china\/\" title=\"Canadian Olympic Committee Warns Athletes Not to Criticize China\">considerable amount<\/a> of money on arms sales,\u201d Yui continued.<\/p>\n<p>The $14 billion that Trump has yet to approve would provide defense for Taiwan in the event of an attack, which has been of concern to Taiwan\u2019s allies in the U.S. due to recent escalations in tensions between China and Taiwan. After his meetings with Xi, Trump said he \u201cwill be making decisions\u201d on the arms sale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe discussed the Taiwan, the whole thing with the arms sales. It was in great detail, actually. And I will be making decisions,\u201d Trump said this past week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4570118\/trump-leaves-china-without-taiwan-arms-sale\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4570118\">TRUMP LEAVES CHINA WITHOUT MAKING A \u2018DETERMINATION\u2019 ON TAIWAN ARMS SALE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yui told <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/face-the-nation-full-transcript-05-17-2026\/\">the outlet<\/a> that although Trump has not yet approved the sale, he has \u201cbeen very clear in saying that he did not agree on anything that the Chinese side\u201d either.<\/p>\n<p>White House officials also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4564423\/allies-xi-jinping-no-shot-convince-trump-change-taiwan-policy\/\">told the<\/a> <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>ahead of Trump\u2019s meetings with Xi that \u201cthere has been <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4564423\/allies-xi-jinping-no-shot-convince-trump-change-taiwan-policy\/\">no change in U.S. policy<\/a> with regards to Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambassador Yui stays optimistic about delayed U.S. arms sale to Taiwan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2603782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP24019029948329.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[52802,3817,9105,79835,32405],"class_list":["post-2603781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arms-sales","tag-diplomacy","tag-taiwan","tag-trump-delay","tag-united-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP24019029948329.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603785,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603781\/revisions\/2603785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}