In the Trump era, the Taiwanese head of defense says that the United States is still a check for China

Taiwan is confident that the United States in Asia will remain a huge power and prevent China from trying an invasion of the island, said the Defense Minister of Taiwan while recognizing the urgency to strengthen his own defense.

Some of President Trump's words and actions in Taiwan – the tariffs increased that they drastically increase military expenses and accuse Taiwan of stealing the US leadership in the production of semiconductors – have increased doubts in Taiwan whether the United States would attack the island. Beijing claims that the island democracy is its territory and has given the association that the association is inevitable if necessary.

But China can be kept at bay by the United States and alliances all over Asia and by memory of Beijing of the terrible economic costs that a war would cause, said Wellington Koo, Minister of Defense, in his most extensive interview since the previous year ago a year ago.

“If China can be obtained to understand that the potential costs would be extremely and extremely high, it will make it extremely difficult to make a decision for the war,” said Koo in the 80-minute interview on Wednesday with news end companies including the New York Times.

“This is also of the opinion that the United States preserve the security of the Indo-Pacific area, in particular the stability of Taiwan-Straße, by using deterrence to avoid war, in our common interest,” said Koo with regard to the region in which Taiwan is. He later added: “Of course the Trump government 'America First' emphasizes. However, we believe that it first emphasizes Indo -Pacific in security problems.”