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ID411 ,

Any article starting with “Trump Says” is not worth my time or yours, my friends

Trumps job is just to keeping reeling in the suckers, selling fake magic potion.

Like any President, he’ll do what he’s told when the time comes. He has no values of own.

Beryl , (edited )

Donald wants everyone to pay for their own defence yet will also charge the taxpayer extra for this own protection (while not paying taxes himself).

radivojevic ,

An inch makes all the difference.

dogsnest ,
@dogsnest@lemmy.world avatar

I guess “changed man” has nothing to do with mental acuity.

Ioughttamow ,

My take is the bullet actually passed through his head, but there’s nothing there so he was fine

Doorbook ,

I wonder if he share the same view on “israel” paying for own “defence”

Aurenkin ,

I posted a similar comment on some of the news around the US Republican’s withholding aid to Ukraine for 6 months but this is insane.

Sure in the case of Taiwan specifically, the semiconductors is an obvious and immediate issue. But it’s also worth noting that the US has spent countless trillions of dollars and worked through consecutive administrations for decades to establish itself as a reliable, irreplaceable and necessary defence partner.

This isn’t just about Taiwan or Ukraine, but the geopolitical status of the US as a whole. It seems insane to me to jeopardize that. I’m no political scientist or anything so if this is actually in some way good for the US I’d be very interested to hear that perspective.

AntiOutsideAktion ,
@AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml avatar

Rolling back US empire is an unalloyed good.

Aurenkin ,

I think there’s definitely merit to that. There are multiple avenues to achieving that end though and the US suddenly leaving its allies unprotected is probably the worst possible one imo. I am biased though living in Taiwan and having my home country also dependent on our alliance with the US for defence.

AntiOutsideAktion ,
@AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml avatar

Taiwan isn’t an ally it’s a vassal. And you shouldn’t be so excited to be a meat shield for their aggression on the opposite side of the world. Even if you have sympathies for your fascist, genocidal government.

Aurenkin ,

Uhhh, ok now you’ve lost me. I’d kinda just like to not have myelf or my family bombed or shot at and be able to have self determination. Being under the umbrella of US protection is the best way to have both of those things right now.

2hzl6865xd ,

Smart guy. He should probably tell how it works to communists biden voters

nul9o9 ,

Let Taiwan and their super fucking important chip factories fall into adversary hands and see how that works out.

BombOmOm ,
@BombOmOm@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah. They make a huge percentage of the world’s high-end chips. A military takeover would leave us shoveling piles of money at China or, more likely, the fabs would be destroyed and suddenly every computer or product that uses a computer to create it (read: all of them) shoots up in price for the next decade.

And that is just the immediate effects. The downstream effects of the US no longer providing security would likely lead to swift nuclear proliferation as that is the only way such a small country can hope to protect itself if no larger country is willing to stick their neck out for them.

Annoyed_Crabby ,

It will work out just fine, having 1 single country provide the world with everything. What could possibly go wrong?

floofloof ,

There are companies and governments trying to put this right at the moment, but chip manufacturing capacity is very slow to set up. It requires very expensive, specialized and uncommon equipment and highly qualified specialist staff who are not easy to find or quick to train.

AntiOutsideAktion ,
@AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml avatar

“The adversary”

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Obvious bait is obvious

Ioughttamow ,

Next you’ll be wondering where all the American soft power went, except I bet you're too dumb to know what soft power is

Voyajer ,
@Voyajer@lemmy.world avatar

So people are making impersonation accounts now.

ikidd ,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

Does Donny know where the processor of the phone that he posts all his verbal vomit comes from?

RagingSnarkasm ,

All of Donald Trump’s previous defense lawyers blink in surprise

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Does he think Taiwan sends us a bill or something?

…

That’s exactly what he thinks, isn’t it?

someguy3 ,

He thinks the US sends them a bill and they don’t pay.

He’s very transactional.

Bread ,

A bit ironic as he never pays for things either.

TTH4P ,

It’s always projection.

PenisWenisGenius ,

Are you fucking kidding me

faizalr ,
@faizalr@kbin.run avatar

No more free supply?

Antitoxic9087 ,

my understanding is that Taiwan buys weapons from the us, so he is demanding something that is already a common practice

Naich ,
@Naich@lemmings.world avatar

Trump is literally a foreign agent, working on behalf of China and Russia.

Mango ,

What are we, the protection racket? Defend the nerd from the bully and then demand the lunch money for ourselves? FFS, can nobody be good for the sake of what’s right and won’t without expectation of a return?

eran_morad ,

I guess we don’t know the motivation for the last shooter’s actions. But I’m pretty sure he’s going to get himself whacked sooner or later.

NOT_RICK ,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Alternate headline: Crusty old man grossly underestimates the sheer importance of advanced semiconductors

JustZ ,
@JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

He’s sabotaging the West on purpose.

T00l_shed ,

Anything to help his daddy putin.

ID411 ,

any piece the begins “trump says “ has never been worth my time.

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