Erik Bethel
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People are going to say, you see, China's going to say, certainly, look, the United States is a paper tiger.
If we do step in and they sink an Arleigh Burke, gloves come off, and it's game time.
I, that's bad too.
So any way you look at it, it doesn't seem good.
What do you guys think?
Well, actually.
Porcupine.
Porcupine.
And another side to this coin is the headline numbers.
Taiwan spends around 2% of GDP on defense.
They're trying to increase it.
I think the Trump administration is saying, hey, get it to 10%.
The problem is that the current political leadership in Taiwan is hampered by the fact that Congress is controlled by the opposing party.
And the opposing party is kind of sort of in bed with China.
And they're resisting any attempt to grow the military budget.
Now, for years, Taiwan has bought things that don't make sense, like tanks and advanced aircraft.
I think Eric's exactly right.
They should focus on a domestic defense.
And there's a guy- Switzerland on steroids.
Yeah.