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BumRushDaShow

(158,639 posts) Mon Jul 28, 2025, 10:03 AM Jul 28

Trump Weighs Whether to Let Taiwan Leader Transit Through US

Source: Bloomberg

July 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM EDT
Updated on July 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM EDT

The Trump administration is debating whether to allow a planned US stopover by Taiwan’s leader next week as concerns mount that it could derail trade talks with China and a potential summit with President Xi Jinping, according to people familiar with the matter.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te was planning to stop in New York on Aug. 4 and then Dallas 10 days later as part of a trip to diplomatic allies Paraguay, Guatemala and Belize, Bloomberg reported earlier this month. Planning for the trip was thrown into flux late last week when Taiwanese officials couldn’t get their US counterparts to give the green light, the people said.

The hesitation over allowing Lai’s trip has unnerved some officials in the US as well as in Taipei who fear President Donald Trump may concede too much to China as he seeks a meeting with Xi, the people said. Bloomberg reported earlier that Trump’s administration was reaching out to CEOs to accompany him on a possible trip to Beijing later this year.

The White House and US State Department didn’t reply to requests for comment made outside normal working hours.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-28/trump-weighs-whether-to-allow-taiwan-leader-s-transit-through-us?srnd=phx-politics

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Throwing Taiwan under the bus.

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Trump Weighs Whether to Let Taiwan Leader Transit Through US (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 28 OP

Lots of nuts with Guns in Texas.... flying_wahini Jul 28 #1

Doesn't bode well for the future of Taiwan IronLionZion Jul 28 #2

Foreign leaders need to refuse to Miguelito Loveless Jul 28 #3

"Throwing Taiwan under the bus." speak easy Jul 28 #4

Something else happened with respect to China BumRushDaShow Jul 28 #7

The key is which country can he grift the most money from Bayard Jul 28 #5

Another friend reduced to somebody we used to know. twodogsbarking Jul 28 #6

Taiwan nowforever Jul 28 #8

Taijuan Walker! BumRushDaShow Jul 28 #9

flying_wahini

(8,170 posts)

1. Lots of nuts with Guns in Texas....

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 10:05 AM

Jul 28

I wouldn’t if I was him.

IronLionZion

(49,706 posts)

2. Doesn't bode well for the future of Taiwan

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 10:24 AM

Jul 28

I doubt the Trump administration would provide assistance if they needed it against any hostility from China.

The Taiwanese leader could meet with American officials in Canada or Mexico or a video chat.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,140 posts)

3. Foreign leaders need to refuse to

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 11:22 AM

Jul 28

come to the US, and meet in either Canada or Mexico,

speak easy

(12,319 posts)

4. "Throwing Taiwan under the bus."

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 11:34 AM

Jul 28

Let's be clear - Paraguay, Guatemala and Belize - (theoretically) recognize Taipei as the legitimate government of all China, as does the ROC constitution. You cannot recognize both Taipei and Beijing - Taiwan is not independent.

That's what the problem is. U.S. did not formally recognize Beijing until 1979 ... 30 years after the end of the civil war. And the Taipei Government did not (formally) drop the pretense that Red China was illegitimate until 1991, 20 years after they lost their seat on the Security Council.

That's what the problem is ... the humiliation. It's not that Beijing considers Taiwan a renegade providence, it's that Taiwan is a province that said they were the government for 40+ years.