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Looks like someone in China showed Trump a copy of the Epstein Files.
Nah, a cheque or large buy of trump/melania coin or a tacky 'gold' trophy would do it too.
Simply being the most recent person to talk to Trump is enough. Maybe tomorrow Trump will talk with the president of Taiwan and have the opposite opinion afterward.
Chinese peace prize.
No Chinese on the Epstein list, they probably don't have it, unlike Putin. What they do have however, is a blank cheque.
probably don’t have it
Putin would give it to Xi for a bottle of Grange and an oil contract
As usual, the idiot 100% agrees with the last person he talked to.
Well I hope he keeps speaking with Mamdani and Xi because it's only been after them that he's actually had actual reasonable takes.
"I'm not flying 9000 miles to fight a war" might be the most reasonable thing he's ever said.
Unfortunately, you can hear his comments directly after China and he keeps saying "I haven't decided" and "I'm not going to say yet". Which basically means he hasn't been told by his billionaire friends and neocons in Washington what to do yet.
I really want Mamdani to talk to him about universal healthcare next
I know it's a joke. But, there is always a little bit of truth to good jokes. Moments like these really expose the people that are playing "team sports" with politics. A lot of people that haven't been paying attention for the last 10-20 years try to place all of America's problems on Trump that in moments like this (or Mamdani) they are not able to understand what Trump really is.
These types of moments really expose that he is a vessel for the totality of the ruling class made up of Zionist, Boomers, Neocons, and more generally capitalist interest. He is the perfect vessel for following those interests. And every once in awhile, his dumb brain gets exposed to advice that convinced him that it will make him popular.
I’ve been of the mind it might actually be a reminder of a previous agreement. Remember when they bought a shitload, or there was a transfer of billions for a shitload, of Trump shit coin? Yeah. I think that was when the agreement was made and the customer has reminded him of his obligation.
Certainly he went over there cap in hand, that’s why he had his team with him. He needed them.
*with the last dictator
Xi is anything but a dictator
Tell ya what, he’s got pretty good control. Yeah it can change but this bloke seems to be a bit impervious to party machinations or schemes.
What would you call him, then?
Leader of his country, what else do you think?
Being a leader and a dictator are not mutually exclusive terms.
What a fucking pussy
He cannot retain information for longer so whatever the last person he talked with said that's what he'll repeat.
[Trump] added: "I'm going to say I have to speak to the person that right now is, you know, you know who he is, that's running Taiwan."
How is he so completely unprepared?
How is he so completely unprepared?
This is the norm, not the exception.
This is literally the most popular position of the people of Taiwan. Despite what western media tries to portray, Taiwan doesn't want to become the next Ukraine. The overwhelming majority of Taiwanese people are not looking to make their home into an aircraft carrier for American fighter jets. Or become the ground for the next world powers proxy war.
Trump isn't "warning" them. He's literally just stating the obvious. Taiwan wants to remain in its current position and not escalate any conflict. Staying with the status quo is what has been the majority position of Taiwanese people for decades.
relevant domestic opinion polls: https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963
Thank you. This is the data my brain was remembering. Appreciate the source comrade.
So, the polls say move towards independence, or at least keep status quo
33.5 + 26.3 + 6.1 + 1.1 = 67.0
I know math is hard. But this is basic arithmetic. 67% of the population responded with no interest in independence at all. Since my original comment was about "independence vs. status quo" that means (excluding the non response data of 6.6%) you have 67% favoring status quo over the data even leaning towards independence at 21.9 + 4.4 = 26.3%.
Now I grouped "status quo and decide at a later date" with status quo. So, I'll argue for your case. So for your own arguments sake I'll steelman you as that data being "unknown". It's the middleground take. I think that's the only fair steelman. Since they already responded with "status quo". But, let's say that's just "undecided" people. For the sake of your argument.
That still leaves 67.0% - 26.3% = 40.7% of Taiwanese people preferring status quo OR unification. With only 26.3% preferring status quo OR independence.
I know it's hard to read graphs. But, wtf mate, how do you fuck that up so badly? It's just HARD status quo. You pretending that there is a large independence portion is just showing your own bias.
Again, my original comment wasn't about unification. It was about maintaining the status quo. Which the vast majority of Taiwanese people are in favor of in some form. 67% as of latest polls to be exact.
Edit: all my numbers are taken from the last part of the graph. Just to clarify.
He then goes for a meeting in Taiwan and after receiving a golden Big Mac declares Taiwan should be sovereign
He just wants to collect prizes back and forth.
For weeks the American President moved between Taiwan and Beijing, the policy changing two hours after his flight landed.
That's a good lap dog! Yes you are, little Trumpee-poo
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