At the Shangri-La Dialogue, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that China would not dare invade Taiwan while Donald Trump remains in office, warning that Beijing poses a real and possibly imminent threat. Hegseth urged Asian allies to increase defense spending and prepare for a potential regional conflict. He affirmed Trump’s Indo-Pacific focus and emphasized consequences for any Chinese aggression. With China skipping the summit, Hegseth’s comments take on sharper geopolitical meaning, signaling America’s hard stance and strategic pivot toward Asia’s growing security challenges.
00:00President Trump has also said that communist China will not invade Taiwan on his watch.
00:23So our goal is to prevent war, to make the cost too high, and peace the only option.
00:33And we will do this with a strong shield of deterrence forged together with you, America's great allies and defense partners.
00:44Together we will show what it means to execute peace through strength.
00:50In many ways, seen and unseen, overt and covert.
00:58But if deterrence fails, and if called upon by my commander-in-chief, we are prepared to do what the Department of Defense does best to fight and win decisively.
03:02Subscribe to OneIndia and never miss an update.
