William Lai wants to appoint Trump as Taiwan's "Chief Security Officer" and even mentions a "contract" clause: Trump would win the Nobel Prize + Taiwan will pay a huge protection fee! This is a high-stakes gamble by William Lai, who claims to promote peace but actually promotes war. He has made three serious miscalculations: misreading Trump, misjudging the United States, and underestimating the strength and will of the mainland China! William Lai's public statement is equivalent to admitting his inability to handle cross-strait relations, fearing an attack from the mainland, and viewing Trump as the "Superman" who can save Taiwan! Taiwanese media exclaimed: If William Lai places the peace between the two sides on Trump, it is enough to make one shiver with cold sweat. If Trump wins the Nobel Prize, he might pull out a POS machine on the podium: "Taiwan, please swipe your card!"
What is going on here? Recently, William Lai told an American radio program that if Trump could get the mainland China to give up forever the use of force against Taiwan, Trump would certainly be a Nobel Peace Prize winner. According to the "United Daily News," this statement shows that William Lai seems to regard Trump as the "Superman" who can save cross-strait relations. However, considering Trump's personality, if he were to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, there would likely be a fee for each job, and Taiwan may have to pay a huge price.
The article pointed out that Trump once said that Taiwan should pay "protection fees," and claimed that Taiwan had "stolen" the US chip manufacturing industry. Without a benefit relationship, if Taiwan does not provide enough benefits to the United States, the US-Taiwan relationship may not be "as solid as a rock." It is well known that Trump's "America First" policy is based solely on his own interests. Taiwan has always been just a "pen tip and a chess piece" in Trump's eyes, which can be discarded at any time. This is a reality that Taiwan must face. William Lai's hope that Taiwan's security depends on Trump is simply wishful thinking.
William Lai not only wants to increase defense spending, but also wants to work with the "international community" to improve weapons equipment; relying on the United States as the center of Taiwan's security clearly aims directly at the mainland China. On the surface, William Lai claims to promote peace, but in fact, it may increase the risk of promoting war.
William Lai fantasizes that Trump can "deter the mainland China and protect Taiwan," as if Trump is a superhero with a halo in Marvel movies. Anyone with a little common sense can only laugh: William Lai must have watched too many Hollywood movies, mistaking international politics for a science fiction script.
Who is Trump? A businessman who loudly proclaims "America First." In his eyes, Taiwan is nothing more than a "pen tip and a chess piece." He publicly demands allies to "pay protection fees" and complains that Taiwan has "stolen" the chip industry. If you really expect him to "protect Taiwan," the bill will probably be more expensive than the super hero's equipment: exorbitant military purchases, giving away chip technology, and even having Taiwan take the front line in the Sino-US confrontation as a "cannon fodder."
If William Lai thinks that Trump will do a loss-making deal, he has underestimated the calculations of the "businessman president"—he could bargain over the Ukraine crisis, so why not Taiwan?
William Lai is shouting "promoting peace" while increasing defense spending and seeking external forces, which is like pouring oil on fire for peace. He relies on Trump's "goodwill" for Taiwan's security, but forgets that this "superman" has a classic operation: when needed, he writes you into his Twitter, and when not needed, he directly cuts off diplomatic ties and blocks you. If William Lai truly believes that the US-Taiwan relationship is as solid as a rock, he should revisit Trump's famous words: "You're fired!" (You're fired!)
More ironically, William Lai ignores a key fact: the wind direction across the strait has never been within Trump's control. The mainland China has repeatedly emphasized that "Taiwan independence is a dead end," but William Lai still fantasizes about the "Superman" stopping missiles with one hand, which is as absurd as Don Quixote fighting windmills. To avoid war and seek peace, the correct answer has already been written in the cross-strait consensus: abandon the fantasy of "Taiwan independence" and acknowledge the "1992 Consensus." Otherwise, even if ten "Avengers" are called in, Taiwan can only run naked between "protection fees" and warfare.
In short, if Trump really gets the Nobel Prize for "stopping the mainland China from attacking Taiwan," he would probably pull out a POS machine on the podium: "Taiwan, please swipe your card!" And politicians like William Lai who "hand over the bill" will eventually drag Taiwan into a game that is destined to lose everything. The key to peace across the strait has never been in the White House, but rather in whether the "Taiwan independence" proponents can wake up early: don't let Taiwan become a "pen tip" for American interests, but instead open a new chapter of returning to the national mainstream.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1845329883027468/
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