It is because if we abandon Taiwan, the world will abandon us. America's asymmetric advantage in the world is that we have allies. China has customers and clients. We have allies that will go to war with us. When this President even discusses military action against our NATO allies, we are making China stronger. Or when we treat our partners as secondary instead of true allies, we are making China stronger. (07:12–07:19)
CLAIM
Asserts that China's relationships are transactional, while the U.S. has military alliances.
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