TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan should pay the U.S. for its defence as it does not give the country anything, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek, sending shares of Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC lower on Wednesday. The United States is Taiwan's most important international supporter and arms supplier, but they have no formal defence agreement, unlike what Washington has with South Korea and Japan. The U.S. is, however, bound by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself.
Sell out. Definitely sell out. Too many extremely wealthy individuals have interests tied up in Chinese markets.
As far as he’s concerned, do this, get money from “donor.” I don’t think there’s any thought going further than that.
He has zero qualms with selling out the American people.
And I don’t think the CCP gives a shit about these investors anyway. Even if the CCP gets Taiwan it won’t necessarily prioritize foreign investors’ interests. The Chinese only need foreign direct investment - factories and the related know-how - not financial capital. And then one could argue they don’t even need much FDI either, outside of the high end semiconductors.