US President Donald Trump declined to say on Wednesday if his administration would move to prevent China from taking Taiwan by force, CNN reported. After his cabinet meeting, He told reporters, "I never comment on that -- I don't comment on anything, because I don't want to ever put myself in that position.

"And if I said it, I certainly wouldn't be saying it to you.,” he told the reporters. Trump's comments came as China accused his administration of "serious regression" in its position on Taiwan, after the State Department removed a line from its website stating that the US does not support Taiwan independence earlier this month, as per CNN.

In what it called a "routine" update to its online fact sheet on US relations with Taiwan last week, the State Department dropped the phrase "we do not support Taiwan independence" - a position long held by the US. But, in his Wednesday remarks, Trump offered a more conciliatory tone to Beijing, telling reporters, he has "a great relationship" with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "We're going to have a good relationship with China, but they won't be able to take advantage of us," CNN quoted Trump as saying.