Steve Yates of Heritage Foundation WITH GORDON CHANG discussed concerns that Trump might pause Taiwan weapons sales for a Chinatrade deal. He warned against tactical concessions, noting Xi Jinping's historically broken promises regarding militarization.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:37.1 | Gordon Chang, at Gordon G. Chang, my colleague and co-host, and we're very pleased to welcome Steve Yates to the Heritage Foundation to help us with a headline that is at once unusual and at the same time requires interpretation. |
| 0:47.8 | Steve, a very good day to you. The headline is in the Guardian newspaper. So all roads point to the fact that this is a newspaper that's traditionally |
| 0:56.4 | associated with labor and the left in the United Kingdom, that it doesn't extend and it |
| 1:03.2 | doesn't translate to the U.S. The headline is Trump's reported pause on Taiwan weapons sparks fears he is using the island for China trade deal. |
| 1:16.9 | It's at once literal and puzzling. |
| 1:19.7 | What do you make of this story? |
| 1:22.2 | The headline is provocative, but the story does it support the implication of the headline? |
| 1:28.7 | And is there an interpretation of the China trade deal? |
| 1:32.9 | Because I hear it talked about as if it's the white buffalo. |
| 1:36.9 | Good evening to you, Steve. |
| 1:39.1 | Well, good evening, John. |
| 1:40.6 | There are elements of this headline that have been kind of lurking in conversations and other reporting in recent months. |
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