Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle@Ken_LoveTW
Does anyone seriously believe Trump would hand Taiwan to Beijing merely in exchange for a few Boeing aircraft orders or soybean purchases?
That is absurd.
Taiwan is not only the core of the global semiconductor supply chain. It is also a critical node in the First Island Chain of the Indo-Pacific. Control over Taiwan means influence over the strategic choke point of the Western Pacific.
If America abandoned Taiwan, it would lose a crucial strategic check against China, jeopardize high-tech supply chain security, and undermine the trust of its allies. Any competent businessman can calculate that clearly.
CCP-affiliated media endlessly claim Trump will “sell Taiwan,” yet they never explain what political benefits Trump himself would gain. Would his approval ratings rise? Obviously not.
Mainstream American public opinion strongly supports Taiwan, and Republican voters increasingly view China as America’s primary strategic rival. Abandoning Taiwan would only make Trump appear weak and unpatriotic, damaging rather than helping him politically.
Likewise, selling out Taiwan would provide no strategic benefit to the United States. If Beijing absorbed Taiwan, China’s power would expand dramatically, posing an unprecedented challenge to American dominance in the Indo-Pacific. The South China Sea, East China Sea, and Taiwan Strait would effectively become a connected strategic theater under growing Chinese influence.
America’s alliance system would be shaken. Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines would begin fundamentally questioning U.S. credibility.
That would not be a “deal.” It would be strategic suicide.
If neither Trump nor the United States benefits from abandoning Taiwan and only suffers losses, then why would Trump do it?
The answer is simple: he has neither the motive nor the intention to do so. The remarks distorted by the media were simply part of Trump’s usual transactional diplomatic style, demanding allies share costs and emphasizing fair trade. That has absolutely nothing to do with abandoning Taiwan.
