TRUMP EXTENDS TAIWAN’S LIFE 30-40 YEARS: It’s not getting the measure of national media attention it deserves, but President Donald Trump’s massive aid package to Taiwan should have China’s full attention.
By making the latest available defensive strike missiles and related launch, mobility and guidance capabilities, Trump is enabling Taiwan to destroy most of a PRC invasion force before it reaches the island. According to Rod Martin, here’s why this matters tremendously:
“It matters. Taiwan is the keystone of the First Island Chain. Lose it, and China breaks into the wider Pacific, threatens Japan and the Philippines, and turns America’s forward defense line into a rescue mission. And it’s worse than that. The CCP desperately covets Taiwan: any war would be prompted by Beijing’s desire to capture that exact piece of real estate. Taiwan is not some random island. The odds of a major war with China that isn’t centered on an invasion of Taiwan are vanishingly small. (Well, unless you’re Russia.)”