Eric Loh

Not about physical troops but the mutual security agreement to support Taiwan to defend themselves. Also arms sales that Biden approved during his term. Trump is not trustworthy to honor any agreements between US and Taiwan. He will abandon Taiwan like he did with Ukraine.

25th Amendment will get him out of office quicker. The man is a menace to the world.

Unfortunate that Panama has to yield to political pressure from Trump. Really not the best interest of the Panama government to ditch Hutchinson which has over a century of port management experience operating 53 ports spanning 24 countries throughout the world for an inexperience investment group. Panama canal was poorly managed by America and Panama government and could not made a profit and had to agree to hand over the management to the Panama government. They were wise to open bids for port management and Hutchinson won the bid. Hutchinson is one of the top port management corporation in the world. Left to be seen whether an investment company like BlackRock has the competence and experience to run ports

Suggest you read this link from Imperial War Museum on how the 9-11 lead to a 20 year war in Afghanistan. A war that NATO came to US aid https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/afghanistan-war-how-did-911-lead-to-a-20-year-war

9-11 was an attack on USA and for the first time, NATO invoked Article 5 to come to the aid of US in their war.

Oil refineries in US are not optimally configured to handle the light oil produced domestically. It will take enormous investments and time to retrofit. Trump has got the oil industry in quite a bind. In fact the whole economy is in quite a bind with his idiotic tariffs war.

Federal prohibition is a sledge hammer approach is wrong and discriminating. Restrictive guidelines by individual governing sporting bodies like the Olympics is a better option. Another overreach by Trump’s administration.

Has to go back as far as 1812 for an attempt to invade Canada by USA. Now it’s only a wet dream for people like Trump and maybe you too. Cultural and political distinctively different, legal obstacles and the most importantly the public opinion against any form of union. Trump has made the relationship worse and the majority of Canadians detest him and America.

Without Biden aids, Russia would have taken Ukraine. Russia can’t be trusted in any negotiation. History have proven that convincingly.

If win meant territorial gains, then the answer is no without US. Kind of make me sick that Trump has abandoned Ukraine at their times of needs. However Ukraine can still be in a favorable position with EU and other free world nations coming to their needs. Their nationalistic resilience will be their advantage and the Russian sanctions taking a toll on Putin. All is not lose as Trump betrayal become more pronounced.

The Javelins were essentially provided to Ukraine under the condition that they not be used in the conflict zone.

That’s a stupid question and you know it.

Make it simple for you to understand. High spending creates inflation and high prices will affect consumer confidence and affordability and buy less. Manufacturing slow down and revenue dropped. Poor consumer sentiments reflected in the stock market.

Stock market is the barometer of the country economic health. Reflect the market sentiment and expectation. The country economic trajectory is heading towards a downturn and perhaps a recession. Trade wars never a winning formula for economic growth. Unfortunately, Trump is not listening and his cabinet has no courage to give him proper advise

I don’t put much credibility in Brooking report. Dark money lobbyist.

It cost nothing to vote or abstain from the UN resolution against Russia aggression. Trump has allied with Russia against Ukraine. It has been this unholy alliance with Russia since his first term.

Trump is taking advantage of Ukraine’s weak position to make a deal. This kind of bullying tactic is disgraceful and disgusting.

Zelensky could have simply stayed home if he doesn’t want peace.

Marco Rubio was a championed of tough stance on Russia and decried previous efforts by US to reset and bolster ties with Putin. Now he did a 360. For politicians, the change was simply due to the intoxication of power. For the maga folks, it is falling in line with their dear leader and defending him at all costs foolishly and immorally. They are lost sheepies.

That’s quite a stretched even from a MAGA viewpoint. Europe including UK has a military force of about 1.4 million and Europe out trade US in terms of economy. Europe in the past rely on top US General as their Supreme Commander will now have to re-organized their command structure. They will have to increase their military weaponries quickly and they can debt fund the money necessary for the estimated 250 B Euro for the military hardwares. It’s a shame that Trump has destroyed and abandoned the transatlantic alliance and leave Europe in a lurch when the alliance is so needed against Russia aggression.

He is not after Taiwan mineral resources but after their semi-conductors industry He has been hinting at undermining Taiwan’s chips global dominance and he blatantly lied about Taiwan stealing chips technology from USA. Trump is a menace to world order and he is too stupid to understand that US didn’t invest in the ecosystem to support supply chain for the semiconductor industry

Not now.

China will confront a united free world but not sure now. It’s a big question mark whether Trump will honor those treaties with Taiwan to support them if China invade. Russia and US have not used nuclear because of detente from agreements. The world is burning fast that will end the world. Trump has hasten the doomsday by denying climate change. Anything more.

Trump is rapidly descending into cognitive decline. He has problem with memory and judgement. He is posing a danger to US foreign policies. 25th must come sooner.

Not only the Pentagon in turmoil, Hegseth is looking at cutting 50B military expenditures. If cuts to the 7th Fleet are included, it will be music to China.