☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoTrump says Taiwan should pay the US for its defence as ‘it doesn’t give us anything’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down111
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkTrump says Taiwan should pay the US for its defence as ‘it doesn’t give us anything’www.theguardian.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareKumikommunism [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·4 months ago U.S. goods and services trade with China totaled an estimated $758.4 billion in 2022. So how much money can China expect to be given for 4 times as much trade?
minus-squaresun_is_ra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·4 months agoNothing as US doesn not protect China
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoUS doesn’t protect anybody, it uses people as geopolitical pawns and then discards them like used condoms.
minus-squaresun_is_ra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoYou’re telling Israel is doing what is doing with no US protection whatsoever?
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoNo, it’s just not at the discarding phase yet because the conditions did not changed very much since 1948 so it’s still needed and relevant.
So how much money can China expect to be given for 4 times as much trade?
Nothing as US doesn not protect China
US doesn’t protect anybody, it uses people as geopolitical pawns and then discards them like used condoms.
You’re telling Israel is doing what is doing with no US protection whatsoever?
No, it’s just not at the discarding phase yet because the conditions did not changed very much since 1948 so it’s still needed and relevant.