ANKARA Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te has said that Trump administration has “strengthened” its assistance to the island and “not stopped or reduced” it. "There is a consensus among the international community that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait are necessary for global security and prosperity, and it has been mentioned by the US president, Japanese prime minister and G7 leaders,” Lai said in an interview local Chinese-language Liberty Times, a sister paper of the Taipei Times