David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island
Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to China while hosting its leader, Xi Jinping, last week, the US ambassador to China said on Sunday.
David Perdue told Fox News on Sunday: “President Trump continues to say, hey, we sell arms to other people around the world. He actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point.”
The extraordinary claim came during an interview about US policy on Taiwan, which has been waiting for months for Trump to approve a new arms sales package worth $14bn, after a record multi-billion dollar deal was unveiled in December last year.
Trump’s level of commitment to protecting Taiwan has previously been questioned. At a meeting with Xi in Beijing in May, Trump said he was keeping the $14bn Taiwan arms sales package in abeyance, describing it as a “very good negotiating chip” in dealings with China.
Selling off every advantage America has over their geopolitical rivals. Americans, your country will never be the same again…
I’m sorry, what?? Am I having a stroke here?
New flavor of stroke every day
Taiwan must LOVE this.
Ah yes. Preposterously expensive supply chain limited devices with a what amounts to DRM on demand kill switches.
If your goal is territorial defense, nothing seems to beat small and light weight mobile drone combat. Short and medium ranges are basically solved. Ukraine and Iran have demonstrated the power of drones when your playing on home court territory.
He’d only have bought one of each.
