Biden, at a news conference in Tokyo, said “yes” when asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded. “That’s the commitment we made,” he added.

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For the third time since August of last year, the White House walked back comments by President Biden Monday implying the US would aid Taiwan if the island nation came under attack from China.

During a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Biden was asked if the US would be prepared to defend Taiwan if such an attack took place.

“Yes,” the president answered.

“That’s the commitment we made. We agree with the ‘one China’ policy. We signed on to it,” Biden added. “All the attendant agreements [were] made from there. But the idea that that can be taken by force, just taken by force. It’s just not – it’s just not appropriate.”

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) blasted the White House for the repeated clarifications Monday, tweeting: “Does anyone at the #WhiteHouse actually respect the words of @POTUS? Biden said we would defend #Taiwan, and the staff AGAIN walks back the Presidents own words! He needs to fire everyone who does this.”