Taiwan President: Trump Deserves Nobel Prize If He Gets Xi to Rule Out Force Against Taiwan

The Chinese Communist Party considers Taiwan a breakaway province and says force is an option to seize the self-ruled democracy.

A public screen broadcasts news about China’s military drills around Taiwan, outside a shopping mall in Beijing on April 1, 2025. Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize if he manages to persuade Chinese leader Xi Jinping to abandon the plan to annex Taiwan by force, Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said in a radio show broadcast on Oct. 6.

“China has been holding military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, undermining peace and stability in the region. So it is China—not Taiwan—that is disrupting the cross-strait status quo,” Lai told The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, according to a transcript released by his office.