Former President Donald Trump recently revealed during a fundraising event that he would have bombed Moscow in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and attacked Beijing if China invaded Taiwan on his watch as per Washington Post.
It is no secret that the comments surprised some of the donors at the event. It has been noted that James Gilmore, who served as Mr Trump’s ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told reporters in Taiwan earlier this month that Trump isn’t an isolationist. However, they noted that he’s simply trying to get allies to put more emphasis on their defense.
“I believe that President Trump will be supportive of Taiwan when he becomes president. He was in his first term,” he said, according to Reuters.
China has claimed that Taiwan is its territory over the objections of the Taiwanese government. The Trump White House supported Taiwan, including via arms sales, which continued under the Biden administration.
Trump has rarely mentioned Ukraine in recent months. Last year, he claimed that he would have the war “settled” in less than a day.
Back in February, he wrote on Truth Social: “We should never give money anymore without the hope of a payback, or without ‘strings’ attached.”
In April, he said: “As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than to us, but it is also important to us! GET MOVING EUROPE!”
Mr Trump praised Chinese leader Xi Jinping as recently as February. Appearing on Fox News, he was asked if he’s planning on upping the pressure in the trade war with China that he started in his first term.
