Donald wants everyone to pay for their own defence yet will also charge the taxpayer extra for this own protection (while not paying taxes himself).
An inch makes all the difference.
I guess “changed man” has nothing to do with mental acuity.
My take is the bullet actually passed through his head, but there’s nothing there so he was fine
I wonder if he share the same view on “israel” paying for own “defence”
Alternate headline: Crusty old man grossly underestimates the sheer importance of advanced semiconductors
He’s sabotaging the West on purpose.
Anything to help his daddy putin.
Trump is literally a foreign agent, working on behalf of China and Russia.
Don’t forget the Saudis! They’d love to entice Trump with a tacky golf resort in the middle of the desert in exchange for some more environmental deregulation and looking the other way on human rights violations
Does he think Taiwan sends us a bill or something?
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That’s exactly what he thinks, isn’t it?
He thinks the US sends them a bill and they don’t pay.
He’s very transactional.
A bit ironic as he never pays for things either.
It’s always projection.
I posted a similar comment on some of the news around the US Republican’s withholding aid to Ukraine for 6 months but this is insane.
Sure in the case of Taiwan specifically, the semiconductors is an obvious and immediate issue. But it’s also worth noting that the US has spent countless trillions of dollars and worked through consecutive administrations for decades to establish itself as a reliable, irreplaceable and necessary defence partner.
This isn’t just about Taiwan or Ukraine, but the geopolitical status of the US as a whole. It seems insane to me to jeopardize that. I’m no political scientist or anything so if this is actually in some way good for the US I’d be very interested to hear that perspective.
Rolling back US empire is an unalloyed good.
I think there’s definitely merit to that. There are multiple avenues to achieving that end though and the US suddenly leaving its allies unprotected is probably the worst possible one imo. I am biased though living in Taiwan and having my home country also dependent on our alliance with the US for defence.
Taiwan isn’t an ally it’s a vassal. And you shouldn’t be so excited to be a meat shield for their aggression on the opposite side of the world. Even if you have sympathies for your fascist, genocidal government.
Uhhh, ok now you’ve lost me. I’d kinda just like to not have myelf or my family bombed or shot at and be able to have self determination. Being under the umbrella of US protection is the best way to have both of those things right now.
Oh yes, of course it’s American aggression that’s the problem here, not Chinese aggression.
Seen a map before?
my understanding is that Taiwan buys weapons from the us, so he is demanding something that is already a common practice
Taiwan will just say American corporations should pay more for those precious chips to fund it’s defense
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I guess we don’t know the motivation for the last shooter’s actions. But I’m pretty sure he’s going to get himself whacked sooner or later.
Does Donny know where the processor of the phone that he posts all his verbal vomit comes from?
All of Donald Trump’s previous defense lawyers blink in surprise
What are we, the protection racket? Defend the nerd from the bully and then demand the lunch money for ourselves? FFS, can nobody be good for the sake of what’s right and won’t without expectation of a return?
America never did it because it was right. That’s a happy side effect. It did it as its in its own interest. Just like with israel, which now leads to Palestinian genocide. They aren’t moral decisions being made.
So Trump is making it seem like it will save the USA money but it won’t. It will cost much more in the long run. I wodner how many Chinese votes will be won and lost, or other Asian votes, knowing it risks destabilizing the region.
No more free supply?
