He got elected again.

I was pretty sure that was going to happen.

And just a lot of Americans can look back and say, I was doing a lot better in 2018 and 2019 than I was now.

I think that Trump will win.

I think Trump has this one.

Now, I know that there's a lot of people in Taiwan who are upset that Trump is the president of the U.S. again because of some of the things that Trump has said about Taiwan.

All right, so the point of this video, real quick, I'm just going to explain some of the things he said.

It's not actually all that bad.

Some of it's actually an opportunity.

I think it presents a huge opportunity.

And I have some advice for the Taiwanese government.

So please share this video with anyone you know is working in the government.

Now, my advice might sound crazy and stupid, but I'm not joking.

It's actually serious advice.

All right, let's first talk about some of the things that Trump said that can be concerning.

So Trump said that Taiwan stole the semiconductor industry from the U.S.

You know, Taiwan, they stole our chip business.

Now, this is just a phrase.

It's a phrase used in American business.

He's not actually calling the people of Taiwan thieves.

He doesn't think that it was literally stolen.

That's not what's being said.

What he's saying is, like, if you had a tea shop on a street that didn't have any other tea shops, you're the only one, and then across the street a new tea shop opened, well, you can say, oh, that tea shop over there, they're stealing my business.

They stole my business.

So Taiwan didn't steal anything from the U.S., not in the literal sense of the word stealing.

Taiwanese companies, especially TSMC, just took a risk on a new technology which enabled them to manufacture smaller semiconductor chips, and that risk paid off.

So that's how they became the industry leader.

That's just business.

That's the way it goes.

The more concerning thing, I think, is how Trump said that Taiwan should pay for American protection.

They want us to protect, and they want protection.

They don't pay us money for the protection, you know?

It's hard to understand what he means by this, because Taiwan does pay for all the weapon systems that they buy from the U.S.

But I think that this statement actually provides an opportunity.

Maybe it means that Trump is willing to completely ignore the one-China policy and have some sort of defense agreement with Taiwan.

Consider this.

What if Taiwan and the U.S. sign a trade deal where Taiwan agrees to exclusively buy a certain percentage of, we'll say, beef from the U.S., that a certain percentage, 30% of all the beef imports in Taiwan, must come from the U.S.?

Or that Taiwan must buy 25% of its liquid natural gas from the U.S.A.?

Something like that.

Now, what if there was a clause and part of that agreement where the U.S. was within its right to defend this trade agreement?

So any actions from any other nation that would impede on this trade, the U.S. has the right to intervene.

Now, I'm not sure how likely this is, but I think it's feasible, because Trump likes making deals.

He loves making deals.

Maybe Taiwan and the U.S. can come to some sort of agreement where Taiwan is paying for U.S. protection, which is a great deal.

It's a fantastic opportunity.

So I think that that statement is more of an opportunity for Taiwan to strike a great deal with the U.S., and this opportunity only exists because Trump is president.

There's no way that Kamala Harris would make such a deal.

Okay, my advice to the Taiwanese government, again, this is going to sound a little crazy, but just bear with me.

Trump is just a classic narcissist.

He is a textbook definition of a narcissist.

That's something that Taiwan can take advantage of.

If Taiwan wants to gain favor with Trump, all they really have to do is build a statue of Trump, name a park after Trump, something along those lines, okay?

Name something important, iconic after Trump.

He would love that.

He would become an instant fan of Taiwan.

Now, I know many of you are saying, hey, that's just pandering.

Of course Trump's going to see through that.

You're just pandering to Trump.

Yeah, and he'll probably be aware that there's a level of pandering there, but if he genuinely believes that Taiwan loves him, even just a little bit, he's not going to abandon Taiwan.

Do something to commemorate and honor Trump.

I know it sounds crazy.

I know it sounds like just childish pandering, but I think it will help.

All right, that's it for me today.

Thanks a lot for watching.

Big thanks to all my members.

Peace, love, I'll see you.

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