{"id":29111,"date":"2026-05-21T19:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=29111"},"modified":"2026-05-21T19:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:32:38","slug":"why-doesnt-trump-want-taiwan-to-move-towards-formal-independence-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=29111","title":{"rendered":"Why doesn&#8217;t Trump want Taiwan to move towards formal independence from China?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US President Donald Trump warned Taiwan not to formally declare independence from China in an interview with Fox News after his two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump reiterated that US policy has not changed and stressed that Washington does not seek conflict with Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump on Taiwan:<br><br>I\u2019m not looking to have somebody go independent. And, you know, we\u2019re supposed to travel 9,500 miles to fight a war? I\u2019m not looking for that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9mkk2sTtkO\">pic.twitter.com\/9mkk2sTtkO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clashreport\/status\/2055415298665111826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Taiwan&#8217;s position<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has previously said that Taiwan does not need to formally declare independence, as it already considers itself a sovereign state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing has repeatedly attacked Lai, calling him a &#8220;troublemaker&#8221; and a &#8220;destroyer of cross-Strait peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although many Taiwanese consider themselves a separate nation, the majority support maintaining the current status quo, without formal independence or unification with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwan&#8217;s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said the government was closely following the US-China summit and was in close communication with Washington and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal, he said, is to \u201csteadily deepen Taiwan-US relations and safeguard Taiwan\u2019s interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, he accused China of increasing the risk in the region through \u201caggressive military actions and authoritarian oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The truth behind why Trump doesn&#8217;t want Taiwan to officially declare independence from China<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China is not really in a hurry to take Taiwan by land. It wants to take it whole. The potential war destroys what it wants to acquire (the factories, the know-how, their. If Taiwan makes an official declaration of independence, China will be forced to attack (because it has institutionalized it as a casus belli).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So Trump is essentially locking Taiwan into semi-autonomy so that the mechanism is not activated. At the same time, he is sending a message to Xi: \u201cI am not Biden. If you stay quiet, we can play.\u201d The Trump-Taiwan-China Triangle is currently functioning as a systemic stabilizer. All three sides (although apparently enemies) currently have an interest in not breaking the porcelain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because Taiwan is the only real advanced semiconductor production hub on the planet (TSMC). A war there would be the equivalent of blowing up the global data layer. It is not just economic, you say clearly existential for the 4th generation industrial\/military revolution (AI, hypersonics, quantum, drone swarms). The system needs a controlled tripolar competition (US-China-Russia) that does not degenerate into an all-out conflict before the transition to the new financial\/technological paradigm is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwan is the trigger point. Whoever presses it prematurely, spoils the schedule. Trump here plays the role of brake pedal just as he played it with Iran in 2017-2020. He is not \u201cpeace-loving\u201d. 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