Crazy! Trump nominates ultra-hawkish undersecretary of defense: If the CCP invades Taiwan, "the United States should bomb TSMC first"

Trump nominated Elbridge Colby as undersecretary of defense this week, but his stark "anti-China" stance has caused widespread follow-up, and he has publicly stated several times in the past that if China invades Taiwan, the United States should paralyze or destroy TSMC, and said that "the United States is crazy to let TSMC fall into China's hands." (Synopsis: Trump is very variable!) Central Bank points out Taiwan's 3 major financial and economic shocks: tariff barriers may cause disaster) (Background supplement: Trump chokes China: If you dare to enter Taiwan, you will be charged 200% tariffs; Guangdong rumors that 1,500 coastal factories will move to Sichuan) The new US President Donald Trump, who is about to return to the White House in January next year, announced on Monday (23) at Truth Social the nomination of Elbridge Colby as undersecretary of defense responsible for policymaking. But what drew unanimous media attention was Koberge's stark "anti-China hawk" stance, which he said forcefully in a tweet in February: "If China takes over Taiwan, the United States should paralyze or destroy TSMC's chip factory." "Will the United States be so crazy that the world's major semiconductor companies will fall unharmed into the hands of an aggressive China? Taiwanese should realize that this is only the 'minimal' problem they face." Elbridge Colby。 Source: U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense: If China invades Taiwan, the United States should destroy TSMC He also tweeted in May last year: "Taiwan cannot fall into the hands of the People's Republic of China, and Taiwanese cannot expect TSMC and its core role to continue." The United States and its allies cannot afford China to have such dominance in global semiconductors." If Taiwan is capitulation, TSMC needs to be included in semiconductor sanctions against China. The United States and its allies will need to launch emergency offshoring programs, among other things. If China attacks Taiwan, Taiwan itself and the United States should not allow TSMC to fall into Chinese hands intact. He also strongly advocated that the Taiwan government itself should support the "scorched earth policy", using its own powerful semiconductor industry as a bargaining chip, threatening to actively destroy TSMC's chip factory if China invades Taiwan. He also claimed last year: "If Taiwan itself is unwilling to show that it will destroy TSMC on its own in the event of a Chinese attack, it is a strong signal to Beijing that Taiwan lacks determination to detract from Taiwan's value." This increases the likelihood of China committing an invasion of Taiwan, which is unwise for Taiwan." However, many Taiwanese netizens expressed dissatisfaction with Ke Boji's shocking remarks on "destroying TSMC": "The concept of being attacked by hooligans, the police first seize and destroy your property to avoid being taken away", "The world's largest hooligan", "Is Taiwan a very cheap thing?" Even if there is no one to save if it is beaten by the CCP, it will be immediately blown up into scorched earth by the United States, and it will be double-beaten", "Pay protection fees to the United States to buy a flying catapult TSMC", "Will the TSMC factory be required to install a self-detonation system". The United States should prioritize Taiwan, not Ukraine In addition, it is worth noting that Koberge has publicly made a series of hawkish remarks in recent years, including: Propose punitive measures against Taiwan to force Taiwan to double its current defense budget to 5% or even 10% of GDP. To stop China's military expansion, Taiwan must be prioritized over Ukraine. He stressed that if a conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the United States will continue to provide a lot of support to Ukraine, which may lead to too much dispersion of resources. America's European allies should take the lead in supporting Ukraine against Russia, while Washington should focus on "greater challenges from China." The United States must increase its shipments of vital weapons to Taiwan. Japan should triple its defense budget to at least 3% of GDP to be able to defend Taiwan with the United States in the event of a Chinese invasion. Taiwan itself is not critical to the survival of the United States. The core U.S. interest is to prevent China from becoming a regional hegemon in Asia, and Taiwan is important, but not indispensable, to achieve this goal. The point is for the United States to defend Taiwan at reasonable cost and risk. Koberge, a former senior Pentagon official, served as assistant undersecretary of defense during Trump's first term and led the implementation of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, which led to Trump's "ultra-hawkish policy" toward China during his tenure, setting off a U.S.-China trade war. If the U.S. Senate approves Koberge's nomination next year, he will play an important leadership role in U.S. policy toward China and the strategy of the League of Nations in East Asia. Whether he will push the Pentagon to implement its hawkish policies during Trump's second term, Asia is closely following. Related reports Trump is dissatisfied: Taiwan snatched 100% of the US chip business "should pay protection fees" TSMC fell in response, what is his idea? Trump choked Taiwan to pay protection fees "TSMC fell below K yuan"! 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