@TimMaddog I'm not saying Taiwan is freeloading. Trump is saying they should pay more for US protection. It is a fact that he said that.
@eleog
What #Donald_Trump said was that #Taiwan 🇳🇫 is NOT paying. That's a big #LIE. Taiwan pays the #US 🇺🇸 BILLIONS for its defensive weapons. (More than US$14 billion under the #Trump administration alone.) By not stating that it was a false claim, you are supporting his lie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_arms_sales_to_Taiwan#Donald_Trump_(2017-01-20_%E2%80%93_2021-01-20)
@TimMaddog You are missing the point and flogging your loyalty to Taiwan at the expense of it. Under Biden the USA would continue to suport Taiwan and to have its weapons companies get paid for their products. What Trump is telling Taiwan is that they need to pay the USA for supporting them. In the history of US organized crime that's called a "protection racket". Trump is a wannabe mob boss. By missing that point you are not helping Taiwan, which will surely suffer if Trump get elected.
@TimMaddog Who does Taiwan pay? Is it the nation of the USA paid to have a policy of protecting Taiwan, or do they pay companies for their products?
@eleog
#Taiwan 🇳🇫 doesn't pay for the "policy" — they pay for the #weapons. They pay the #US_government 🇺🇸 (Dept. of Defense) for those weapons As for the policy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Relations_Act#
Trump:
“I think Taiwan should pay us for defense,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek that published on Tuesday. “You know, we’re no different than an insurance company.”
Is this getting through? #Trump wants #Taiwan to pay for the policy. Y'know, like for an insurance policy. That's very different from paying for weapons.
