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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan

Trump says he doesn’t want ‘to travel 9,500 miles to fight a war’ with China over Taiwan

President Donald Trump has said he does not want “to travel 9,500 miles to fight a war” over Taiwan, as tensions in Iran, some 7,000 miles away from the U.S., continue to simmer.

In an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier that aired Friday, the president said that both China and Taiwan should “cool it,” and that he would prefer to avoid any kind of American intervention.

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