US President Donald Trump on Friday warned Taiwan against formally declaring its independence in an interview with Fox News shortly before the end of his visit to China. During their meetings, Chinese President Xi Jinping had pressed him against supporting the self-ruling island.

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[–] 33 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Trump only just spoke with Xi. He always repeats whatever the last person tells him. Give it a week, he'll forget.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago

    Wow, the legend of "trump only know what's the last person told him" is true.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    Trump is so weak

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    TOCOs on Saturday

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Why should Taiwan declare independence at all? Isnt it PRC that should declare independence from RoC? How can Taiwan declare independence from an entity they never where subservient of but who itself came from them? Not trying to troll, and I realize there is a power dynamic at play that might be the answer to my question. My brain just doesnt compute some things if they arent spelled out :)

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    Xi is Edgar Bergen to djt's Charlie McCarthy.

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  • [+] 1 point 6 months ago
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    [–] 55 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    It's really interesting how Republicans I spoke to at the time of the election talked about how we needed to "beat China." It seems like now we're kowtowing to China.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    It's a place with only one political party, which controls the entire media landscape, and anyone who speaks out against said party can be jailed.

    It's a republican dream.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    Meanwhile, here on planet Earth:

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    That's what I'm saying, they no longer think of them as enemies, because they're living their dream.

    Meanwhile in my country, we're not so stupid:

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Weird that so much more of them see China as an enemy compared to Democrats, and that the number of Democrats who see China as an enemy is also declining.

    Also your graph cuts off at 2020 lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah I didn't realize this was a Republican vs Democrat "who is better" thing.

    And I don't think Canadians' opinion of China has changed much in the past 6 years.

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    Yeah I didn’t realize this was a Republican vs Democrat “who is better” thing.

    Lol, what? You said that Republicans love China because it's authoritarian, when the reality is that they hate it more than Democrats. I have no idea how you got from there to it being a "who is better thing." I'm just pointing out the fact that you're wrong.

    You're dead wrong about Canada too btw:

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    So, continuing the successful policy the US has followed for the past 40+ years.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    soo trump doesn't like democracy and a free nation?

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