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Taiwan has insisted it is a sovereign, independent nation, after US President Donald Trump cautioned it against formally declaring independence from China.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah nothing current can be blamed on this orange turd.

There's plenty to blame him for. Iran is a great example. Trump pulled a trigger that no other president was willing to touch, going on 47 years.

But the policy he's stating wrt Taiwan is the exact same policy we've been operating under since before he was born.

Grow the fuck up

"The adults in the room" crowd has been shitting the bed since Reagan. I cannot imagine a bigger tell that your foreign policy is shit than "My policies are mature and yours are for babies".

Particularly when the policies would accelerate yet another armed conflict.