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Donald Trump wants Taiwan to pay for U.S. protection—and that should worry shareholders of Nvidia, Microsoft and Tesla (fortune.com)

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[–] breadsmasher 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

“Pay us or china will take you over”.

China rolls in and takes over. TSMC foundry and its technology is then used by china.

Good job trumpy. idiot.

[–] mipadaitu 5 points 5 months ago

Foundries have said they'd sabotage the machines if taken, so... computers won't be made for a while if that happens.

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If I was to play devil's advocate, then I'd argue that the idea is that taiwan does not really have a choice. They'll pay and china won't move in.

[–] Fedizen 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Republicans lately have been siding with the larger power in every fight. I'd wager a pretty penny that trump would roll over if China invaded Taiwan.

[–] davidagain 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah Trump is a complete simp for dictators.

[–] davidagain 4 points 5 months ago

Remember the embarrassing bromance he had with the Korean dictator just because he paid him a compliment and called him your excellency. Trump melted in his hands. Such a fragile ego.

[–] breadsmasher 1 points 5 months ago

Or they cant afford to pay, america is extorting the country, starts to increase military spending and china invades.

Because america wont help unless Taiwan pays.

[–] Rottcodd 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And you just know that if somebody tried to sit him down and explain the purposes and goals of military aid to him, his attention would drift after about the fourth word, then he'd interrupt with, "Yeah but why are we paying? They should be paying us!"

Oh... hey. It just struck me - maybe he thinks that if they pay, he'll get a percentage...

[–] cryptiod137 0 points 5 months ago

The purpose of "military aid" is to pay back the defense contractors in your district for campaign contributions, so yeah he probably does think he will (sorta) get a cut.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

He should pay for his own protection...

[–] njm1314 3 points 5 months ago

They pay all the time what the fuck is he talking about? They're constantly buying weapons from us. I don't know why I bother of course he doesn't know what he's talking about. What's even the point? He just wants an excuse to let Pooh Bear do what he wants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is that why NVDA stocks are tanking?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. It's having some effect for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

And TSMC.

What a great idea. Go to war with the country that manufactures most of our stuff and charge the country making some of our most high-end stuff for the privilege of existing.

[–] Thespiralsong 1 points 4 months ago

Bad news for Nvidia, but should that be good news for intel since they're building domestic chip manufacturing?