We must, we must uphold our long standing commitments to Taiwan, continue our arms sales and strengthen Taiwan's self defense capabilities. And the commitment is not only because Taiwan produces chips that our economy depends on. It's because If we abandon Taiwan, the world will abandon us. America's asymmetric advantage in this world is that we have friends, we have allies. We have friends and allies that will go to war with us. China has customers and they have clients. (07:40–07:45)
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Asserts that abandoning Taiwan would lead to global abandonment of the U.S.
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