Ars TechnicaSep 29
Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection
Trump official plots “impossible” deal moving Taiwan’s chip supply chain into US.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/taiwan-pressured-to-move-50-of-chip-production-to-us-or-lose-protection/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Show threadKonstantin
@arstechnica
Good, the government should not protect other countries
Sep 29 at 3:49pmWeb
Show threadJustin FitzsimmonsSep 29

@constantine @arstechnica If you read the article, you'll find that 95% of the chips used by the US military industrial complex come from Taiwan. So if China takes over Taiwan, poof, no more high tech military equipment for the US.

Are you a little bit closer to understanding geopolitics and foreign policy now?

Show threadLee 🌏Sep 29
@smn @constantine @arstechnica
So the USA is not "protecting" Taiwan, it is "protecting" its supply of Chips and if they are no longer made in Taiwan, America will not "Protect" Taiwan?
With friends like the USA...
Show threadJustin FitzsimmonsSep 29

@MrLee @constantine Countries don't have friends, they have interests. This is an unfortunate reality of geopolitics, and someday it would be nice to see that change for the better.

However, these interests are sometimes mutually beneficial and can result in strong alliances that last decades. We are witnessing the US walk away from these alliances because the administration does not realize that they exist to protect US interests and project US power.

Show threadLee 🌏Sep 29
@smn @constantine
What you are talking about is interdependence. At the end of WW2 we decided interdependence was better than war and spent decades improving relationships. And as you point out, the USA has either forgotten that or is too stupid to understand.
Show threadKonstantinSep 30
@smn @arstechnica
We should disband the military aswell