Scott Bessent: The single biggest threat to the world economy is that 97% of advanced chips are made in Taiwan

[ChrisGar]

Agreed. Californian would prefer to be independent. The entire world would prefer California be independent except for USA.

I think that most of the USA would not miss California.

Even Northern California wish it could break away from the south.

 

[Fred Chen]

We got Trump taking out country leadership and looking to take over another.

Seems Xi is within his rights to take over the rouge Island and have control over the world’s silicon to negotiate some terms

The temptation has been there for very long.

As Lai Ching-Te said, "Once Taiwan is annexed, China will gain greater strength to compete with the United States on the international stage, undermining the rules-based international order."

If Trump convinces China to abandon force against Taiwan he deserves Nobel prize, Taiwan president says

U.S. President Donald Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize if he is able to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to abandon the use of force against Taiwan, President Lai Ching-te told a conservative U.S. radio show and podcast in an interview.

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