Taipei: Taiwan’s wealthiest man and presidential hopeful Terry Gou said he met Donald Trump inside the White House with the American leader warning him that the job he is going for is “tough”.
Gou, the head of tech giant Foxconn, made a surprise announcement last month that he plans to run for president in next January’s elections after declaring the sea goddess Matsu urged him to do so.
The 69-year-old tycoon is seeking the nomination of the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang opposition party but his huge factories in the mainland have sparked concern over his cosiness with Beijing. A stream of Taiwanese politicians have beat a path to Washington in recent months, hoping to drum up support within the island’s diaspora and among influential US officials.“If I am elected president of the Republic of China, I will be a peace maker and won’t become a trouble maker... I will strengthen Taiwan and the US economically,” Gou said in Washington after the meeting.
He also boasted of his White House connections in a swipe at the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which is much more sceptical of Beijing. “We have been given the highest courtesy, to the Oval Office, tell me until now which DPP official has such a capability?” he said.Tags / Keywords:
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