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| The United States and the Republic of China (the official name for Taiwan) -- one of the world's most vibrant and functional democracies -- have had a formal defense relationship since 1955. Last week, Donald Trump -- who's been withholding since last year two shipments totaling $25 billion worth of US military hardware Taiwan has purchased -- said that relationship is now a 'bargaining chip' to get what he, his oligarch friends, and his family want from China. |
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