This Was GOOD For Taiwan?!

Trump’s rumble with Zelensky is 
still sending shockwaves around the world

. If Ukraine falls, is Taiwan next?

Welcome to China Uncensored. I’m Chris Chappell.

Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy sure 
sent shockwaves around the world.

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Trump is making Taiwan more vulnerable.

That’s according to the Council on Foreign Relations

, and they’re not 
the only ones who are worried,

Especially after the ahem friendly debate 
between Trump and Zelenskyy last week…

And Trump’s decision to pause US 
military aid to Ukraine in response.

According to NBC, the Trump-Zelenskyy 
clash marks a defining turn away

from America’s defense of democracies…

And, according to the Carnegie Endowment,

a U.S. retreat from democracy.

In truth, it’s a win for 
China, western officials say.

And it’s turning the world upside 
down into “a dark, fretful,

more dangerous place where treaties and laws 
are no longer respected, alliances are broken,

trust is fungible, principles are 
negotiable and morality is a dirty word.”

Thanks for the darkly poetic 
quote, ghost of Hunter S. Thompson.

To many, Trump has full on 
betrayed Ukraine.

Even though we don’t actually know what his peace plan is yet.

And now people are wondering if 
Trump will betray Taiwan next.

According to the New York Times,, Taiwan 
is watching as Trump undercuts Ukraine,

hoping it won’t be next.

The Guardian says Taiwan is

holding its breath as Trump turns on Ukraine 
and upends US foreign policy.

AP says Trump’s abrupt change of US policy on Ukraine 
raises questions about Taiwan support.

Obviously! Let’s all just forget about 
the fact that, a couple of weeks ago,

China was fuming at Trump for a Taiwan-friendly

change of wording on the 
State Department’s website.

No, Taiwan is in trouble.

That’s why the term “Today Ukraine, Tomorrow 
Taiwan” started trending in Taiwanese media.

According to DW, Trump’s 
signals to Europe prove

the US is no longer committed to protecting Taiwan.

This is a fear you see all over social media.

Will the US abandon Taiwan?

Or force it into a deal with the devil?

Is Japan next?

Will it be forced to say sayonara 
to Okinawa and the Senkaku Islands for China?

Or what about South Korea?

Has the US become the bad guys now?

Will Trump tell the Avengers to stand 
down and let the Chitauri take New York?

These are questions lots of people are asking now,

and it’s leading to some interesting conclusions.

Some, like former Taiwanese lawmaker Wang 
Yi-shiung ,

argue that Taiwan should try harder to balance relations between China and 
the US

to avoid being "sold out" by Trump.

Because tipping the scales towards a 
country that wants to invade you has

always worked out well for Taiwan.

Especially 
if you own stock in a bomb shelter factory.

European leaders certainly took the opportunity to

grandstand their credentials 
as defenders of democracy.

French President Macron asked how Trump can be

credible in the face of China if 
he’s weak in the face of Putin.

Other leaders claimed Trump 
is “no longer an ally”.

And that it’s up to Europeans to 
show leadership of the free world.

Hahaha.

Europe’s “leadership” of the free world against

the threat of Russia has been a 
bit lackluster up to this point.

On top of basically doing nothing in 
response to the 2014 invasion of Crimea…

And not spending nearly 
enough on its own security…

The EU spends more on Russian oil and 
gas than financial aid to Ukraine…

And is sitting on $300 billion in Russian 
assets without using it to support Ukraine,

while deepening trade with China,

Which, in turn, helps fuel Russia’s war effort,

As well as China’s own.

I’m not hopeful that if China invade 
Taiwan, Europe would act any differently.

On top of that, you have European envoys telling

Asia that it should not have to pick 
between the US and the likes of China,

While no one in Europe seems to have any concrete

plans on how to actually 
finish the war in Ukraine.

“I asked people, ‘What is the European plan 
to end this war?

’ I can tell you one foreign minister told me,

and I’m not going to say who it 
was, but I can tell you what one of them told me,

and that is the war goes on for another year,

and at that point Russia will feel so 
weakened that they’ll beg for peace.”

Yeah! And if that doesn’t work out, then 
they’ll just let it go for another year.

And another.

Eventually Russia will get so tired of 
brutalizing Ukraine they’ll leave its ashes alone.

Given its track record with Ukraine 
and its deep, deep ties with China,

will Europe actually do what’s 
necessary if China invades Taiwan?

Meanwhile, Trump’s track record shows that 
he isn’t exactly a dictator’s darling.

In a 2018 NATO summit, Trump warned that 
Germany would be a, quote, captive of Russia

if it allowed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

They 
laughed at him.

Which was historic, as it may

be the only time I’ve ever heard of Germans 
laughing at anything.

They’re a stoic people.

Under Trump’s leadership, the US military 
killed hundreds of Russian mercenaries in Syria.

And before leaving office, 
before Russia even invaded,

Trump approved $250 million 
dollars in lethal aid to Ukraine,

Which the Biden administration froze.

There are also the many ways Trump has set 
in motion a radical change from traditional

US China engagement and appeasement 
to treating China for what it is:

an adversary that’s bent on world domination.

Even the Biden administration carried on a 
lot of Trump’s policies, such as tariffs,

military aid to the Asia Pacific, and more.

This time around, Trump has also appointed 
a lot of people who are critical of China,

including the likes of Secretary of State 
Marco Rubio and Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao .

So if this is courting dictators, then Trump 
needs some serious dating advice,

because trying to crush their economy and kill their 
soldiers ain’t how you get to second base.

More recently, Trump made a 
massive move against China.

It’s called the America First Investment Policy,

and it hits China where it hurts most: its wallet.

I highly recommend that you watch my 
breakdown of that memorandum.

The link is below. But by way of one example—

Trump 
wants to charge every Chinese made ship

$1million dollars for every port call in the US.

It’s possible the reason why Trump is pushing so

hard for a peace deal in Ukraine is so that 
the US can focus more on fighting China.

And Trump wants to finish the fight with China 
so he can focus more on his true passion:

Weird, troll-y AI posts.

In addition, Trump might be looking to 
history for guidance here

. After all, this isn’t the first time the US 
has had to make tough choices.

During the Korean War, President Eisenhower opted 
to end it by splitting the Korean Peninsula.

The South Korean President 
at the time opposed that.

That’s why the truce was only signed 
by the US, North Korea, and China.

Eisenhower understood that North Korea, with 
the support of China and the Soviet Union,

were the aggressors, but he also knew that 
completely unifying Korea under the South

would cost far more lives and resources,

and, 
in doing so, hinder the US’ broader efforts

to counter Soviet influence globally.

By splitting up the Korean peninsula,

Eisenhower helped South Korea survive to be the 
modern,

prosperous democracy that it is today

And freed up resources to fight 
the Soviet Union elsewhere.

Just as the US needs to worry about China today.

A lot of people argue that supporting 
Ukraine to get everything it wants

is the only acceptable way to counter 
authoritarians like Russia and China.

After all, if the US lets Russia get 
away with getting its objectives,

wouldn’t that send a message to China 
that it can do the same with Taiwan?

China definitely needs to hear that it will suffer high costs

if it does something as 
stupidly dangerous as invade Taiwan.

However, if the US completely depletes its 
financial and military reserves in Ukraine,

it could actually encourage a Chinese invasion of

Taiwan because the US wouldn’t 
be able to come to Taiwan’s aid.

Especially considering China’s 
economy and military might is much,

much greater than Russia’s.

A lot of people are ticked off 
with the way Trump deals with other countries.

They criticize 
him for being too transactional.

Chen Fang-yu at Soochow University 
in Taipei argues that "If everything

is transactional, then that 
solid relationship is gone”.

But it could be said that by 
making things transactional,

you actually make things more solid.

For years, I’ve seen how the brutalities of

the Chinese Communist Party have 
been ignored on the global stage.

All the beautiful talk of human 
rights and democracy

get thrown out the window when money is on the line.

So what if instead of appealing to vague 
abstract ideas like defending democracy,

What about demanding something 
more tangible, such as,

say, a minerals deal, you ensure that 
people actually have a stake in something.

Human rights and democracy become profitable.

This, in turn, could force adversaries to think

twice before doing something that 
would elicit a strong response.

As much as people criticize Trump for saying 
things like Taiwan should pay more to the US…

And threatening tariffs,

What Trump is demanding could help 
solidify the US’s commitment to

Taiwan far more than just saying 
we need to defend democracies.

Or to paraphrase the great geopolitical 
thinker Beyonce,

“If you liked it, then you should have put a ring 
on it… made from rare minerals.”

Getting things like the $100 billion 
dollar investment from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

would make it so that the US 
has to ensure it gets its money’s worth.

It also further justifies to domestic 
audiences why defending Taiwan is worth it.

But what do you think? Leave your comments below.

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