🚨 TAIWAN BETS ON US ARMS SUPPORT AS XI AND TRUMP HOLD HIGH-STAKES SUMMIT TAINAN, TAIWAN - Taipei is acting as if the outcome of the summit is uncertain because recent comments from Trump turned arms sales into a bargaining tool rather than a fixed policy commitment. That uncertainty forces Taiwan to accelerate two tracks at once: securing U.S. weapons while building more of its own. The military drills held alongside the summit were not coincidental. They served as a reminder that Taiwan's security posture increasingly depends on what it can produce and field itself if foreign deliveries slow or become politicized. Beijing appears to see an opening. If China can persuade Washington to delay or reduce future arms packages, it gains leverage without changing conditions in the Taiwan Strait. Whether that effort succeeds depends on how much strategic value the Trump administration places on Taiwan relative to the broader U.S.-China agenda. Writer: Anita