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Russian President Vladimir Putin reinforced Russia’s support for China, backing Beijing’s claims over Taiwan and downplaying concerns about Sino-Russian cooperation.

At the Valdai forum, Putin stated that Russia views China as an ally with a “reasonable” policy on Taiwan, accusing Taiwan of provoking a Ukraine-style crisis in Asia.

He highlighted the strong trade and security ties between Russia and China, asserting that joint military exercises between the two nations are defensive and comparable to U.S.-Japan drills, and pose no threat to other countries.

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[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Isn't this a bit of a predicament for Trump? Traditionally the US has supported Taiwan's independence, and it seems to me that'd be continued under Trump's "China bad" rhetoric/policy. However, getting chummy with Putin might require rescinding support for Taiwan's independence.

Am I missing something here?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Traditionally the US

There's your mistake. Trump doesn't give a fuck about what the US traditionally does, and neither do his supporters. Same as Trump being blatantly pro-Russia despite the US, and the US right in particular, traditionally being anti-Russia.

They don't give a fuck if they've always been at war with Eurasia or Eastasia. All they care about is having the proles crushed beneath them, and whatever Big Brother figure promises them that, they'll gleefully bootlick for.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, sure, he doesn't care about tradition, I get that. But it also seems to me Trump has always been fairly anti-China. Ofc he's also plenty happy to misrepresent his intent if it makes his base happy, so maybe that part was just a facade?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://www.google.com/search?q=trump%20love%20china

Take your pick of instance of him expressing his love for Xi and China.

Now, he did set some trade tariffs on Chinese goods, but that's all. Otherwise, it's all fellatio.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Good point. Guess it just indicates how unpredictable he is. Just like how he said he'd build a wall, then built a little chunk of wall. It's all about doing the minimum possible to placate his base.

I'm just here trying to get a grasp on what the actual implications of his presidency are going to be. :/

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Trump will fuck Taiwan because that’s what the boss wants.