Donnie bends the knee.
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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The natural place of the submissive male
What a fucking pussy
Why would they declare independence
They are already a globally recognized independent country
Because Trump finished high school before the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and has been called by one of his college professors the dumbest student be has ever taught.
Add in dementia and I really believe Trump has no idea what Taiwan is apart from a word he recognizes and, with preparation, can barely distinguish from Thailand.
Unfortunately not. More countries recognize Palestine than Taiwan, even though Taiwan more clearly is an actual country.
I think almost all countries recognize Taiwan including the US
Sadly no. There are only 11 countries that have official relations with Taiwan. Almost all other countries either clearly think it's a part of China, or have an ambiguous position towards it. Most western countries are in that last group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Taiwan
And as comparison:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel
Good news Taiwan wasn't planning that. Seriously current mood is maintaining the defacto independence.
Trump; the dictators town bicycle.
America helps russia... now cossies up to china. What on earth is happening.
The capitalists have no loyalists to any nation. They will betray and strip the US of all of its natural resources to sell to China if it meant more profit (as they've done to every other nation)
They've all got copies of the Epstein Files.
Why not send a copy to iran and cuba for good measure?
Because they'd release it, and then their power would be gone. It's more powerful to keep this hidden at the very top.
The longer America sends kids to die for a pedophile, the better for America's enemies.
Once the cat is out of the bag, America puts Trump up against the wall and finds it's feet again...and that's not good for the people who have copies of all the fucked up shit he did.
Cool so how about closing all those bases in Asia because you don’t need them now.
Taiwan says is an 'independent' nation, after Trump's warning
Looking at their post history, OP is what is called a 'ziganwu', right?
The separation was encouraged and kept by the Burgers ("unsinkable carrier" as MacArthur said) but the times are changing.