I think that’s a naïve remark, the United States has numerous national interests in Taiwan remaining a free and separate country from Communist China. Regional Asian interests, including South Korea and Japan will not allow China to conquer Taiwan.
My belief is that today the United States has the ability to win a conflict over Taiwan. I also believe that President Trump is reinvigorating our military industrial complex to the point that we will be able to do so for the foreseeable future.
Depending on the timeframe, we may be able to turn Taiwan into a porcupine that China will not dare to attack, because most of the Chinese navy will end up at the bottom of the Taiwan Strait.