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.
Taiwan just needs to get trump to visit and the arms sale will be back on
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.
I hate that you’re right :(
Just pledge to invest 100 trillion dollars to the us.
He’ll be dead before he figures it out
Why such a low number?
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
Probably was trump and Melania coin transfers anyway
You think they still have anything in that? Red hats have been holding that bag for months now.
Fucking wishy-washy traitorous scum.
Taiwan can also create chip and ram shortages in the US. Its so dumb.
God damn Biden causing a chip shortage in the US.
Thanks Obamna
MAGA licking Xi’ ball sweat. Pathetic. Free West Taiwan!
Why do I get this feeling that Trump sold out Taiwan for either a bribe or concessions from Xi over Iran?
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.
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/world/china/china-backs-cuba-against-external-interference-foreign-minister-visits-beijing-2026-02-05/
“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?
I thought the US abandoned Europe to focus on China… They’re just abandoning anyone with a working democracy
Nobody has a working democracy. Europe is slowly falling into facism not tocmention that leaders lies in compaign to win then ignore people demands.
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.
God damn that’s a lot
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.
Just make another / multiple deal. Silly people. Both sides are snakes - so do snake things right?
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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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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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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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