PREVIEW: #TAIWAN: #TRUMP: Conversation with colleague Steve Yates of the America First Policy Institute, re the remark by former president Trump that Taiwan must pay for its own defense -- and what is to be done? More tonight
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
| 0:06.0 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent. |
| 0:10.7 | Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:13.1 | All right. |
| 0:14.0 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:16.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:19.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.6 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. |
| 0:25.6 | Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us. |
| 0:28.0 | P and Dau Ferris, there is another way. |
| 0:30.0 | This is John Batchelor, conversation with Stephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy |
| 0:34.6 | Institute's China Policy Initiative about remarks by the presumptive nominee for the presidency |
| 0:41.4 | for the Republican Party, Mr. Trump, saying that Taiwan should pay |
| 0:45.2 | for its own defense. |
| 0:46.3 | How to interpret this? |
| 0:47.3 | Steve looks at comparing China versus Taiwan versus Russia versus Europe. |
| 0:55.8 | Europe is also told that it must pay for its own defense |
| 0:59.2 | by the presidential candidate. |
| 1:01.7 | How are these different remarks? |
| 1:03.8 | And what does it mean for Taiwan's preparation for the threatened invasion by the mainland? |
| 1:10.8 | Steve Yates, the American First Policy Institute, more of this later tonight. |
| 1:17.0 | Very much so, but the core difference for the reality and Europe and the reality for a place like |
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