After a week of speculation, Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan, leading an American congressional

delegation to the island sort of nation-nation question mark, despite Chinese warnings

that doing so would spur an international crisis and possibly a war. Pelosi remained undeterred,

declaring, we must stand by Taiwan. Okay, that would be all well and good, except the White

House and the Pentagon immediately clarified that the United States does not, in fact, stand by

Taiwan. One on Taiwan, if you would, and one on the Middle East very quickly, you keep telling us

that US policy hasn't changed and that the United States does not support an independent Taiwan.

And yet, if we look at what Speaker Pelosi tweeted from the ground in Taiwan,

proposed actually states, quote, America stands with Taiwan. We all know that Taiwan

harbors ambitions toward independence. When the Speaker of the House says we stand with Taiwan,

America stands with Taiwan. How can the Chinese construe that as anything else, but that you're

supporting independence? I'll let the Speaker speak for herself. All I can tell you,

James is what I told you yesterday, and I'm happy to repeat it. Nothing has changed about our

adherence to the one China policy. Nothing has changed about our stance on Taiwan independence,

which is that we do not support Taiwan independence. Oh, I'll let the Speaker speak for herself. I'll

let the leader of the House of Representatives say whatever nonsense she wants, but I hear at the

Pentagon. I hear in the permanent bureaucracy, I hear in the deep state, I'm telling you we do not

support Taiwan. And frankly, to be fairer, I hear speaking on behalf of the Biden administration,

on behalf of the White House say we do not support Taiwan. Americans have differences of opinion on what

America's role should be in the world. Conservatives actually have differences of opinion on what America's

role should be in the world. Reasonable people might differ over the wisdom of Pelosi's trip,

but regardless of what one thinks about Taiwan and China or isolationism versus interventionism

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