<![CDATA[Is the Tangerine Tyrant about to abandon the US commitment to keep arms sales to Taiwan as an issue between Washington &amp; Taipei?]]>Is the Tangerine Tyrant about to abandon the US commitment to keep arms sales to Taiwan as an issue between Washington & Taipei?

On his way to China to meet Xi Jinping, Trump said he was happy to discuss with Xi China's desire for the US to pause sales to the island's defence forces.

This suggests, that the grifter is about to shake down Taiwan (and at least threaten to halt arms support).

More transactional politics looks to be coming for the Taiwanese.


h/t FT

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c29cbec6-2688-426f-b58c-39766d18a142/is-the-tangerine-tyrant-about-to-abandon-the-us-commitment-to-keep-arms-sales-to-taiwan-as-an-issue-between-washington-amp-taipeiRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 07:02:07 GMTWed, 13 May 2026 05:29:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Is the Tangerine Tyrant about to abandon the US commitment to keep arms sales to Taiwan as an issue between Washington &amp; Taipei? on Wed, 13 May 2026 09:05:25 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6 I always mentally translate “Tangerine Tyrant” to “Tangerine Toe Rag”

https://british-american-dictionary.com/bad-words/toe-rag-uk/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/MikeStok/statuses/116566466594348377https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/MikeStok/statuses/116566466594348377Wed, 13 May 2026 09:05:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is the Tangerine Tyrant about to abandon the US commitment to keep arms sales to Taiwan as an issue between Washington &amp; Taipei? on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:52:32 GMT]]>@TCatInReality

Yup, my reading of it too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/116565708141272214https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/116565708141272214Wed, 13 May 2026 05:52:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is the Tangerine Tyrant about to abandon the US commitment to keep arms sales to Taiwan as an issue between Washington &amp; Taipei? on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:41:50 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6

100%, he will

It is a widely accepted fact that Trump is transactional. So, the only question is who will reward Trump more:
- Taiwan, to defend itself or
- China, to betray Taiwan

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116565666094475983https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116565666094475983Wed, 13 May 2026 05:41:50 GMT