Trump and the idealism of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party are bringing the CCP closer than ever to taking the island.
In his post-Beijing trip interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, Trump laid the foundation to sell out Taiwan: He does like the pro-independence person in TW. Taiwan stole American chip technologies. He does not want to see Americans traveling 9500 miles to fight a war. China is VERY VERY powerful, only 59 miles away from Taiwan, a small island. Taiwan is a de facto independent country. It has its own democratically elected government and its military. A Taiwan passport is much more powerful than a PRC passport. It has de facto embassies in many countries. However, the Democratic Progressive Party has wanted to declare some sort of official independence, which the PRC loathes. The status quo has been one-China as follows: The PRC believes the CCP's government is the only legitimate government of China that includes both mainland China and Taiwan. The Republic of China (i.e., Taiwan) assumes it is the only legitimate government of China that includes both mainland China and Taiwan....