'He respects her decision to go and he believes is perfectly consistent with American policy going back decades,' National Security Council's John Kirby said.
"Well, I think that the military thinks it's not a good idea right now," Biden said at the time."But I don't know what the status of it is."
The administration has largely avoided discussing whether or not it approved of Pelosi's trip, which has served to ratchet up tensions with China. Beijing has called the trip a violation of Chinese sovereignty, as China claims the island as its own. In an apparent response to Pelosi's visit, Beijing has announced a series of live-fire exercises in the waters surrounding Taiwan on Thursday.
The White House struck a harmonious tone on U.S.-China relations in a recap of a recent call between the presidents of the two nations."is an indication of how much the president understands and respects the consequential nature of this bilateral relationship," a relationship that Kirby characterized as"one of the most consequential not just in the region but in the world."U.S. Speaker of the House Representative Nancy Pelosi speaks as she introduces U.S.
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