The U.S. should support Taiwan and he thinks the people of Taiwan have every right to expect the U.S. to protect them. He supports Taiwanese people to have the right to decide their fate and to choose their own future. He wouldn't sacrifice the U.S. friend Taiwan and he believes U.S. need to interact with both Taiwan and China at the same time.[30] Chair of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Matt Salmon applauded Trump's historic conversation and said "America has always been a champion of democratic values and individual freedoms, and I applaud the President-elect for making a strong statement in support of those values around the world."[31]