U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping tour Zhongnanhai Garden on May 15, 2026 in Beijing, China. China Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Friday that he refused to directly answer Chinese President Xi Jinping when asked if the United States would defend Taiwan if China attacked it. "That question was asked to me today," Trump told reporters on Air Force One as they flew back to the United States from a two-day summit in Beijing . "That question was asked to me today by President Xi. I said I don't talk about that," the president said. Trump's comment came in response to a reporter who had asked if the U.S. would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack. "I don't want to say that," Trump replied. "There's only one person that knows that. You know who it is? Me. I'm the only person," he said, before noting that Xi had asked the same question of him earlier. When the summit began, Xi pointedly warned Trump that the U.S.…