U.S. pauses $14bn Taiwan arms sale just days after Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping in China

3 months ago by MicroWave to c/world

Taipei says it’s yet to receive formal notice as concerns grow over Washington’s commitment to island’s security

The U.S. is pausing a $14bn arms sale to Taiwan as it diverts munitions to sustain the war against Iran, exposing mounting anxieties over rapidly depleting stockpiles.

It comes just days after Donald Trump returned from a high-profile summit with Xi Jinping in China, a country that claims sovereignty over self-governed Taiwan and has threatened to “reunite” it with the mainland by force, if necessary.

Trump said he had discussed the matter of the $14bn arms deal “in great detail” with Chinese president Xi Jinping and would make a decision “over the next fairly short period”, breaking decades of U.S. policy that states decision on Taiwan should not be made in collaboration with Beijing.

T00l_shed 105 points 3 months ago

Taiwan just needs to get trump to visit and the arms sale will be back on

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Mihies 36 points 3 months ago

Or just send him a piece peace prize award, golden if possible.

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BarneyPiccolo 23 points 3 months ago

Golden is mandatory. You can't be sending him some TEMU Peace Prize.

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wonderingwanderer 11 points 3 months ago

Honestly, gold-painted aluminum will probably suffice...

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NekoKoneko 21 points 3 months ago

A welcome group from the plane with lots of young girls waving flags would actually do it, I guess. That's not a joke. I'm tired.

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sepi 13 points 3 months ago

Kids, like China did

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T00l_shed 9 points 3 months ago

I hate that you're right :(

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Brimstone 16 points 3 months ago

Just pledge to invest 100 trillion dollars to the us.

He’ll be dead before he figures it out

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T00l_shed 3 points 3 months ago

Why such a low number?

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Asafum 37 points 3 months ago

I guess the check cleared. So great he doesn't have to worry about being investigated for any sort of financial crimes anymore now that he can never be audited

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BonsaiBoo 5 points 3 months ago

Probably was trump and Melania coin transfers anyway

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bitjunkie 1 point 3 months ago

You think they still have anything in that? Red hats have been holding that bag for months now.

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wonderingwanderer 32 points 3 months ago

Fucking wishy-washy traitorous scum.

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jaybone 31 points 3 months ago

From Putin’s bitch to Pooh’s bitch.

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SaharaMaleikuhm 20 points 3 months ago

Don't forget Netanyahu's bitch

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backalleycoyote 8 points 3 months ago

I hear Bibi likes it when he uses his feet.

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random_character_a 6 points 3 months ago

Hey!

You can't have a fat orange spit roast with only two people.

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Gammelfisch 25 points 3 months ago

MAGA licking Xi' ball sweat. Pathetic. Free West Taiwan!

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krisevol 1 point 3 months ago

Trunk know we can control the petroldollar and protect Taiwan at the same time. He's probably trying to buy time, because saving the states from bankruptcy was a higher priority than saving Taiwan.

Americans eat is life depends on the Petrodollar and taxing the world though money printing to maintain itself. Without it we are bankrupt.

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Fedizen 24 points 3 months ago

Taiwan can also create chip and ram shortages in the US. Its so dumb.

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boonhet 15 points 3 months ago

God damn Biden causing a chip shortage in the US.

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Fedizen 1 point 3 months ago

Thanks Obamna

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HazardousBanjo 22 points 3 months ago

Why do I get this feeling that Trump sold out Taiwan for either a bribe or concessions from Xi over Iran?

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nednobbins 20 points 3 months ago

I think it's more that Xi bullied him into it.

It's likely that he made several points:
Nobody has actually suggested a scenario where the arms package would prevent or even slow down a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
All the US wargames show that the US has no chance of defending Taiwan.
Trump's trade war failed.
His Iran war is failing.
Trump has burned most of his alliances.

He probably phrased all of that in fancy diplomat lingo but all the analysis I've seen says it was more of a veiled threat than a bribe.

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Brummbaer 19 points 3 months ago

I don't think there is anyone left in the US government that understands diplomatic language.

I guess it's some cheap bribe and "working with the demented elderly.

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BarneyPiccolo 7 points 3 months ago

Xi probably just gave him a stern look.

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fizzle 5 points 3 months ago

Because its not a secret. That's what happened.

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ButtermilkBiscuit 13 points 3 months ago

Trump is Russia bitch, now he's xis bitch. It's funny how the alpha male demigod always looks like a bitch when he gets around other world leaders. Fat fucking pedophile.

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lennybird 9 points 3 months ago

So Gabbard steps down, Rubio announces US is no longer a mediary with Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine and now this admin is kissing ass of Pooh Bear? Looks like they found a bigger fish to pivot towards.

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Tollana1234567 3 points 3 months ago

right after ukraine has captured more territory, trumps trying to give pootin more breathing room to regroup.

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SkunkWorkz 3 points 3 months ago

Xi wants Taiwan and Trump wants Cuba. Cuba is a close ally of China. China voiced support to Cuba in February https://www.reuters.com/...

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Spacehooks 4 points 3 months ago

Worst trade deal ever.

I say it many times but agent orange finds new lows.

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brave_lemmywinks 6 points 3 months ago

I thought the US abandoned Europe to focus on China... They're just abandoning anyone with a working democracy

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mrdown -2 points 3 months ago

Nobody has a working democracy. Europe is slowly falling into facism not tocmention that leaders lies in compaign to win then ignore people demands.

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fizzle 2 points 3 months ago

About half the population of any given country would disagree with you.

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mrdown 4 points 3 months ago

https://www.pewresearch.org/...

Across that set of countries – Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States – a median of 64% of adults say they are dissatisfied with the way their democracy is working, while a median of 35% are satisfied.

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amorpheus 5 points 3 months ago

64% of adults say they are dissatisfied with the way their democracy is working

This is not the same as democracy not working.

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k0e3 1 point 3 months ago

Japanese people barely even vote so I dunno what the fuck they're complaining about.

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SaveTheTuaHawk 1 point 3 months ago

good thing they don't vote.

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Sektor 1 point 3 months ago

Europe is currently waist deep in fascism. I feel this time there won't be a hungry majority with nothing to lose, that is willing to give all they have to shut it down.

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fox2263 4 points 3 months ago

“Over the next fairly short period” god this guy can’t word.

Also if the deal was agreed etc and part delivered I guess Taiwan can sue them or something?

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StillAlive 4 points 3 months ago

Non-voters & third party voters, this is on you.

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ShinkanTrain 3 points 3 months ago

Can I take credit for the diminished influence of the US and less arms sales too?

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mrdown -1 points 3 months ago

Harris cultists this is on you.

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queermunist -3 points 3 months ago

And I'll do it again. 😆

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ShinkanTrain 6 points 3 months ago

That's right, third party voters and non voters are the difference between winning or losing an election. So the only sensible choice is to learn this lesson and run candidates they would vote for.

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queermunist 4 points 3 months ago

But that's hard, and blaming voters is much easier!

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ShinkanTrain 3 points 3 months ago

It's not even hard, they just don't want to

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atomicbocks 1 point 3 months ago

You do understand that’s why they ran a centrist right? They need to stop trying to court third-party voters.

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ShinkanTrain 2 points 3 months ago

They ran a "centrist" (lmao) because those are the policies that most benefit their owners.

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Kynsey 2 points 3 months ago

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village604 1 point 3 months ago

That matters in the primaries. Once the candidates are set, you get two viable options.

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MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown 2 points 3 months ago

Jfc!

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Professorozone 2 points 3 months ago

He could get Xi's attention. Puten shows up, upstages him. Then in order to suck up, as if his little dictator friend will ever really like him, he withdraws support from an ally.

Sound about right.

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dugmeup 2 points 3 months ago

God damn that's a lot

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GodofLies 1 point 3 months ago

Just make another / multiple deal. Silly people. Both sides are snakes - so do snake things right?

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Kynsey -10 points 3 months ago

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coredev 4 points 3 months ago

So, this is obviously bs. I'm the first one to criticize the orange person in charge, but China would obviously have taken Taiwan if not for the western support. No doubt.

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Kynsey -4 points 3 months ago

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Limonene 2 points 3 months ago

China is authoritarian. There is no way to nonviolently unify Taiwan under China, because the residents of Taiwan would be forced to live under the Chinese government, which would use violence against them.

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Kynsey -4 points 3 months ago

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perestroika 2 points 3 months ago

The people of Taiwan do not need more guns.

The people of Taiwan, as represented by the government and the Legislative Yuan, do think they need more guns.

Probably because of the swarms of Chinese aircraft which regularly practise attacking them, and the even greater swarms which sit and wait.

I wish there was a diplomatic solution, because any military action in the strait of Taiwan would cause a rapid and severe global crisis.

But the diplomatic action should not be abandoning Taiwan, because that won't avert a crisis. If Taiwan is attacked, it will fight and land strikes on China too, resulting in exactly the kind of crisis everyone should avoid.

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Kynsey 0 points 3 months ago

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perestroika 1 point 3 months ago

I live in a country of 1 million next to a "global superpower" (also see "second army in the world") (also see "the Russian Federation").

And I swear by the name of Nestor Makhno that if they're going to try invading here too, I will be bombing military objects around St. Petersburg.

This is the same thing that the rest of NATO swears, not all by the name of Makhno, some have different ideas about what might work. :)

Deterrence works. People have the right to self-determination. They realize this right with alliances and guns. If a neigbour has plans, is big, has problematic manners: then with lots of guns. We learnt that Ukraine did not have enough guns to deter, and as a result Russia tried an invasion. Taiwan has geopolitical leverage with its chip industry and a sea that somewhat protects, but may have learnt the same lesson from Ukraine and wants more guns.

Also noted: .ml

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Kynsey 0 points 3 months ago

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Siegfried 2 points 3 months ago

In the little mind of ML users, every country is full of sheeps except china and the evil US. Ukrainians, taiwanese, iran, venezuela... it doesen't matter, they dont have a say, right? It's all USA meddling.

GFYS

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Kynsey 1 point 3 months ago

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