President Trump on Thursday said his counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping, would have to determine himself if he will use military force against Taiwan.

The president told The New York Times regarding a potential operation led by Beijing that Xi considers Taiwan “to be a part of China and that’s up to him what he’s going to be doing.”

“You know, I’ve expressed to him that I would be very unhappy if he did that and I don’t think he’ll do that. I hope he doesn’t,” Trump said, days after the United States captured Venezuelan regime leader Nicolás Maduro.

“He may do it after we have a different president, but I don’t think he’s going to do it with me as president,” Trump continued.

He noted that Maduro’s capture came after signs of a “real threat,” adding the circumstances faced by China are not similar to those around the U.S. and Venezuela.

“You didn’t have people pouring into China. You didn’t have drugs pouring into China. You didn’t have all of the bad things that we’ve had. You didn’t have the the jails of Taiwan opened up and the people pouring into China,” Trump said.