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Donald Trump Suggests He Would Not Defend Taiwan from China
Newsweek ^ | Brendan Cole and John Feng

Posted on 07/17/2024 5:15:24 AM PDT by sam_whiskey

Donald Trump has cast doubt over whether as U.S. president he would defend Taiwan if China were to invade the self-governed island Beijing views as part of its territory.

"Taiwan is 9,500 miles away," the former president told Bloomberg, "it's 68 miles away from China."

China's long-ruling Communist Party claims Taiwan as its own but has never ruled there since coming to power in Beijing in 1949. Taipei rejects its neighbor's assertions.

The GOP nominee for the U.S. presidential election appeared to suggest that Taiwan should pay the U.S. for protection, telling the outlet: "I don't think we're any different from an insurance policy."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: China; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brendancole; ccp; china; chinaownsbiden; enemieslist; enemyjournalists; fakenews; johnfeng; newsweak; nvda; taiwan; trump; tsmc
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To: sam_whiskey

Newsweak


21 posted on 07/17/2024 6:38:04 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: RoosterRedux

He might even disable the factories if that were to happen. Give China a brick of a country.


22 posted on 07/17/2024 6:42:53 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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To: BobL

We have a multimillion man army too now, they just came over the border. We can tell them “more good stuff attacking china”....


23 posted on 07/17/2024 6:43:38 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Jonty30

Good point.


24 posted on 07/17/2024 6:51:43 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (It's funny that the harder I work, the luckier I get.)
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To: sam_whiskey

I take nothing Trump says literally, especially statements about adversaries. Everything is posturing for future negotiations.


25 posted on 07/17/2024 7:03:11 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: sam_whiskey

It is Newsweek. How many years has it been since this was not a tool of the MSM propaganda stream?


26 posted on 07/17/2024 7:10:20 AM PDT by bobbo666 (baizuo)
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To: Jonty30

BTW, if anything happened to shut down TSMC, the Chinese economy would come to a full stop. That’s how dependent the Chinese economy is on the chip business and TSMC.


27 posted on 07/17/2024 7:18:11 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (It's funny that the harder I work, the luckier I get.)
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To: sam_whiskey
Something else to keep in mind: context.

A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent."

William Blake

28 posted on 07/17/2024 7:19:52 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: sam_whiskey

Taiwan is not worth yet another full blown war. An armed conflict with China is sheer stupidity on a massive scale.

How about Diplomacy? How about developing what the people want? Trade, Commerce, Prosperity and Peace for all. Trump can make it happen.

The US’s forever wars must end. Case in point: back in Gorbachev’s time, Russia’s request to join NATO was rejected, and here we are.


29 posted on 07/17/2024 7:28:48 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

You do not give away our manufacturing base to friends who won’t protect themselves.
Charging them will give them skin in the game. Heard it somewhere.


30 posted on 07/17/2024 9:59:17 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: sam_whiskey

I don’t think so.


31 posted on 07/17/2024 10:24:27 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: delta7

Russia’s request to join NATO was rejected

Why would you let the fox in the henhouse..even if he promised to be “good”?


32 posted on 07/17/2024 11:18:27 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: sam_whiskey

He’s saying he wouldn’t if they don’t pay. That said, I don’t think either Trump or Biden would defend Taiwan. Making them pay and then failing to defend them would not be a good idea.


33 posted on 07/17/2024 4:56:17 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: sam_whiskey
"I actually don’t think Trump is saying that he won’t defend Taiwan here."

I think he's saying that the American military is among the worlds best, but it can even better when adequately funded.
34 posted on 07/17/2024 10:11:41 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: sam_whiskey

Trump is negotiating to get more for the US out of it, and in any negotiation to get what you want you have to appear more ready to walk away than the other person.


35 posted on 07/17/2024 10:15:18 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: sam_whiskey

Misleading article.


36 posted on 07/17/2024 10:25:35 PM PDT by McGruff (We're done talking about the debate. It's time to put Trump in the bullseye - Joe Biden)
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