Will Taiwan, an ally, be thrown under the bus like Ukraine? It seems likely. Same old story: “I get on great with President Xi.” Makes you wonder what he’d say if Russia carried out naval exercises along the U.S. coast.
US president Donald Trump has said he isn’t worried about China’s military drills around Taiwan, even after Beijing carried out rocket-firing exercises.
China, on the second day of the so-called Justice Mission 2025 drills, fired rockets towards Taiwan and deployed new amphibious assault ships along with bomber aircraft and warships to rehearse a blockade of the island.
Mr Trump told reporters on Monday he wasn’t informed of the military exercises in advance, but he wasn’t worried because China routinely conducted naval exercises.
“I have a great relationship with President Xi and he hasn't told me anything about it. I certainly have seen it,” the US president said.
“No, nothing worries me. They’ve been doing naval exercises for 20 years in that area.”
China’s largest military exercises to date began less than two weeks after Washington announced a $11.1bn arms package for Taiwan, its biggest arms sale ever to the island.
It seems all three dictators have little respect for Trump and are simply playing him. He’s mostly focused on his self-proclaimed great relationships with them.