• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    6 hours ago

    If China grabbed Taiwan, Trump’s response would be: “So how much are you going to pay me to not care?” And they’ll pay him, and he’ll be fine with it, and say “I created peace between them, when Biden, Obama, and Clinton all wanted to keep spending all that money to keep them separated. I should get all the money that I saved.”

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      4 hours ago

      No? The US Empire has huge millitant footholds in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea precisely to pressure the PRC. If they pull out of Taiwan, they’d concede that China is no longer capable of being resisted by the US Empire.

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        1 minute ago

        You think long-standing military strategy would mean anything to Trump. If it was in HIS personal self-interest to sell out America’s, and the world’s, security, he wouldn’t hesitate for a second.

        Trump would happily do that if they give him a big enough bribe. Qatar have him a plane, so that’s the baseline. Maybe China can trade him a yacht for Taiwan.