Trump said on Wednesday he would speak with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, reiterating the claim after first mentioning it following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week.
A call between the two presidents would be unprecedented. U.S. and Taiwanese presidents have not spoken directly since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979.
Such a call risks straining Washington's ties with Beijing, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory.
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