“I don’t know how it’s going to evolve over the next four years, but it’s a dynamic that has a longer horizon than four years,” he said during a question-and-answer session at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on Tuesday. .

Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China that can be reunified by force if necessary. Most countries, including the United States, do not recognize Taiwan as an independent state, but Washington opposes attempts to seize the self-ruled island by force and is determined to supply it with weapons.

Lee expressed skepticism about predictions of major security unrest in Taiwan during the next US presidency. “I don’t believe that the views that are sometimes expressed as 2028 or something like that are very important and therefore something will happen in the next term of the US government.”

Trump’s remarks came after Trump won the US presidential election and raised concerns about Washington’s security commitment to Taiwan.