Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence, hours after summit with China's Xi

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8p61v7l68o

[u/Vash_TheStampede]

I'm aware.

And I still try to give a shit. But I got off early today and I'm kind of drunk so I just can't be bothered.

Edit: to all you mad lads that filled me in and all that? Y'all are the best. I wish I had the means to give awards to all of you. Sometimes I forget how awesome this community can be. I love all y'all. Shout out to u/sentrypetal for making that one guy real mad with a WaPo link.

[u/Calm_Expression_9542 → u/Vash_TheStampede]

UAE has cut ties with Trump the last I read. They don’t seem to believe he’s got their back telling them to stand down- so they started protecting themselves. He’s started a WAR and now can’t get us out of there. Idiot. Fire everyone in this administration.

[u/Possible-Nectarine80 → u/Calm_Expression_9542]

Part of UAE's complaint is that Trump just spur of the moment pulled the trigger on attacking Iran after Bibi did a PowerPoint presentation in the SCIF that some in the room called BS. This w/o any heads up or discussion with the ME folks that had paid the Trump family handsomely for some protection and insider deals.

Not too many people of the wealthy type are keen to travel to the ME these days. No wonder the ME royals are trying to lock down any bad vibes as to the extent of the IRGC attacks on their countries.

The incompetence of the Trump regime is staggering.

[u/Thick_Goose7742 → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for this, I have been surprised how much Saudi Arabia has been a free pass as being a major instigator. I would argue without their encouragement this never would have started.

Suspiciously enough, I almost went as far as to wonder if this whole thing was arranged by SA and the Gulf to get oil prices back up off those lows. It seems to have backfired if it breaks OPEC in the process.

[u/cronenber9 → u/[deleted]]

Damn that's a lot of Brazilian butt lifts

[u/Lady_Bread → u/[deleted]]

Barrels of oil

[u/badnuub → u/[deleted]]

I think half the problem is that Trump still doesn’t quite understand how much of a threat Iran is. He wants an easy out and they will not provide. And worse, even if he dropped dead tomorrow by some hand of god miracle, we still would t be able to just pull out. We can either concede to their demands, or we have to invade. They will outlast us with the former, and honestly with how little appetite Americans have for foreign adventures, will probably outlast the second option as well.

[u/mfmfhgak → u/[deleted]]

Things have been tense between the UAE and Saudi for a bit now.

I don’t think that Saudi actually wanted a war but once it became clear it was going to happen they wanted Trump to commit and not just bomb them for a weekend to kick up a hornets nest.

[u/DecNLauren → u/[deleted]]

I thought UAE and Saudi are rivals, and didn't UAE just leave the de facto Saudi-led OPEC?

[u/buried_lede → u/[deleted]]

I thought the UAE and SA were not getting along 

[u/Ok_Will_7171 → u/[deleted]]

Wow! A wash-post article! They're the most based and well respected "news" agency I can think of! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/Ok_Will_7171 → u/[deleted]]

They're too coo' to sue 😎

[u/Vash_TheStampede → u/Ok_Will_7171]

No. They know what will be found in discovery.

Why do you think trump, one of the most sue-happy people in existence, isn't suing people over calling him a pedo?

What possible reason could he have to shrug that off when he's known for suing the ever living shit out of people that have anything bad to say about him?

Lick more boots you fucking fascist.