Donald Trump has justified the pending U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world — even asking Xi if he’d be in the market for U.S. arms, Trump’s ambassador to China said on Sunday.
David Perdue said Trump raised the prospect of the arms sales from the U.S. to its ascendant geopolitical rival, an unlikely offer that if consummated would upend generations of U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan and potentially expose U.S. technology to a potential foe. Perdue, speaking to Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday” days after Trump hosted Xi for a state visit in Washington, didn’t specify when the offer was made.
Bream had cited concerns from Republican and Democratic lawmakers over delayed aid packages and weapons orders to Taiwan, the self-ruled democracy, to defend itself from China’s threat to invade the island. Bream asked if the U.S. is denying Taiwan to appease the Chinese president, who visited Trump last week.
The man is like a crack head trying to sell you fake rolexes from inside his coat.
All this work intercepting delivery chains to get some F-35 parts, and all Xi had to do was ask Trump to sell him a few jets.
Taiwan must LOVE that.
Why would they love that their historically most important ally is becoming friendly with their nemesis?
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Probably because his attacking Canada and EU military projects and demanding subserviance, meanwhile they are losing a war to Iran and emptied their stockpiles. US weapons are exposed as pork barrel tools of corruption and they need new buyers.
Send them a sampling basket first. One of those advanced jets, maybe a fancy missile or two.
“Bullies of the world unite!”
That’s what Trump is aiming for. Not consciously though, he’s just attracted to power.
