Trump falls for China's bluff over arms sales to Taiwan
- Posted on May 18, 2026
- By Le Monde
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Trump falls for China's bluff over arms sales to Taiwan
By suggesting that arms sales to Taipei could be used as a bargaining chip in US-China relations, the US president has crossed a foreign-policy red line that had stood for nearly 50 years.