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Taipei says it’s yet to receive formal notice as concerns grow over Washington’s commitment to island’s security

The U.S. is pausing a $14bn arms sale to Taiwan as it diverts munitions to sustain the war against Iran, exposing mounting anxieties over rapidly depleting stockpiles.

It comes just days after Donald Trump returned from a high-profile summit with Xi Jinping in China, a country that claims sovereignty over self-governed Taiwan and has threatened to “reunite” it with the mainland by force, if necessary.

Trump said he had discussed the matter of the $14bn arms deal “in great detail” with Chinese president Xi Jinping and would make a decision “over the next fairly short period”, breaking decades of U.S. policy that states decision on Taiwan should not be made in collaboration with Beijing.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nobody has a working democracy. Europe is slowly falling into facism not tocmention that leaders lies in compaign to win then ignore people demands.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Europe is currently waist deep in fascism. I feel this time there won't be a hungry majority with nothing to lose, that is willing to give all they have to shut it down.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

About half the population of any given country would disagree with you.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/30/dissatisfaction-with-democracy-remains-widespread-in-many-nations/

Across that set of countries – Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States – a median of 64% of adults say they are dissatisfied with the way their democracy is working, while a median of 35% are satisfied.

[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

64% of adults say they are dissatisfied with the way their democracy is working

This is not the same as democracy not working.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Well, as democracy is intended to be an expression of the will of the people, if a majority of them are unsatisfied I'd say there's a very good chance it's not working.

That, of course, doesn't necessarily mean it's not also their fault, though.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

It is the same as democracy application is flawed

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Japanese people barely even vote so I dunno what the fuck they're complaining about.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Blame the politicians that are not trustworthy. Using the word barely is also an exaggeration. It is 58% for Japan and 64% for the usa in the last election.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

I swear that number was way lower. I guess I was wrong!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

good thing they don't vote.