matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Same goes for glomming onto ROC WWII actions to highlight limited CCP actions and stick it to PRC... can't have it both ways. KMT ROC was a colonizing power in Taiwan let there WWII actions in China stand alone 110
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My guess is lots of talk about gold inlay, ballrooms, autopens, landing pads, and x y z " never seen before" 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026You assume he has a policy or vision. He does not. He simply does not care about such things. He has fluctuating reactions which can easily shift 180 degrees day to day and around events. These fluctuations are often at odds with day to day engagement with Taiwan or PRC 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Takes some stones to just get up in front of everyone and say that, when Trump is literally sleeping ON CAMERA almost daily. You aren't seeing what you are seeing I guess 020
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I think the bottom line is pretty much no matter what Trump in particular says and his administration says it's a lie 95% or brutally twisted 5% 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Also Taiwan's F-16's being built where??? guess.... South Carolina 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Makes you wonder how he'd deal with the huge imbalances (massive exports, paltry imports and domestic consumption) of today. Clearly the current regime wants no part of the political change and individual empowerment rebalancing requires.. Would Zhu lean in or keep BJ on the the unsustainable path 120
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It usually turns green in late March, early April and stays that way for 6-8 weeks. After that it's cool former reef rocks. 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Many/most would be happy to do just that (why have the KMT symbol on a nat'l flag?... Mostly foreigners go to the NPM not TWNese) But these threads of KMT era connection to the PRC, as ironic as they are, are now taken by BJ as some critical bulwark to independence. I Doubt it, but TWN won't risk it 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 15/06/2026C'mon. He worsened inflation and undermined relations with our allies...that's gotta count for something 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Pretty sure not much dancing goes on in the GHoP...maybe just some political maneuvering 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This series is well done. Would love some direct favorability/trust assessments of PRC/CCP/Xi... esp as KMT leadership argue they are trustworthy While many still travel to PRC we have seen a huge dropoff of Taishang/ closure of businesses reflecting a larger decoupling 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I'd rather see Jim Carrey doing his Vanilla Ice impression!! 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Yes. Google maps is really only semi functional map app 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 22/03/2026100%...we are not in need of a an unchecked domestic paramilitary force in any role...and frankly a lot of the overly processed airport security 011
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We all know that Congress is a locus for ambition above all...thus it has always been...but I admit that the sheer callousness of these people to see what we are seeing day in and day out, from Epstein to ICE to Iran, and simply pretend it is not happening or doesn't matter, is very disturbing 040
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 09/03/2026What is the point of such messaging? It doesn't obviate the fact that the PRC wants to annex Taiwan and continues to build capabilities to do so. It's hard enough to mobilize a democratic society on defense why make it harder? Naivemessaging.itRedirecting... 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The anti intellectualism is a blot from which we may not ever recover... I hope I am wrong, but it is hard to see how 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Indeed! We can be quite assured understanding China is not on the to do list at all! 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Indeed. Many such as Xi have already chosen (and chosen that Taiwan doesn't get a choice) ... this is what is disingenuous in the argument, Cheng is OK with that 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 17/02/2026No comment has any staying power wrt to what's "on the table." Only after they are at the table will we (maybe,) learn what was on the table. Public skepticism is a persistent, ebbing and flowing, feature that any leader must must work through if your want to build deterence with the US 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 17/02/2026So many of the too many in Taipei are synced at the same time not consecutively 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 24/01/2026A lot of work seems to be being done to ensure allies have no confidence in our alliance structures... no matter what the NSS says... hard to not see what you see 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026People understand the that if the PRC brings its full might against TWN alone , Taiwan would find it hard to defeat it That does not mean it cannot build useful deterrence, nor obviate the massive challenges the CHinese face to execute a full scale invasion or even sustain a blockade 210
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Yes. Still lots of denial in US think tank world, and a lot of $ tied to USG work curbing tongues for calling a spade a spade 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 12/01/2026True. Taiwan is old. Old folks don’t wanna go there and it’s a pain in the butt to get to!!! 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 18/09/2025You want people to respect civil liberties, due process, rule of law, and be transparent in your actions not have masked secret police ... that'd be a nice start 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 05/08/2025true, but first they have to be told AND BELIEVE that war is a realistic possibility whether they want it or not. This is very challenging in a PEACETIME DEMOCRACY. That belief increased with Ukraine, but it is far from universal. Dial up equals warmongering, do nothing means no change needed. 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Bingo.. We will "invest " 1 Ga-jillion dollars." It is coming very soon...whatever it takes to get off the Xmedia.tenor.comdr. evil from the movie dumb and dumber is sitting in a chair .ALT: dr. evil from the movie dumb and dumber is sitting in a chair . 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Agreed, but if anyone thinks information will be released by this DOJ that implicates POTUS they are clearly deluding themselves. 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 23/06/2025What are ghe implications of drone warfare for assertion of air supremacy which heretofore has been derived largely from fixed wing aircraft ? If you dominate in fixed wing but not drones.. or drones are a draw do you have air supremacy?? 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Right? He has no policy, ideology, vision guiding principles . Just today...reacting to external inputs of whoever is there most recently or on the phone. Why do people think he does??? 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 19/05/2025"Taiwan is not divided. It’s just that KMT refuses to join it. "...This excellent line pretty much sums things since 2000 053
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 04/05/2025They have been laughing for much longer 020
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025If they think of Taiwan they connect it to White Lotus 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Most Americans would not know 1c2S if it bit them on the a$$ 010
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025He's attacking all globalized trade/all globalization, even as we use tariffs on partners compel them into joining us in decoupling from China...defies logic 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 23/02/2025She is NOT pushing back... how bout creating or joining a bipartisan effort to assert constitutional Congressional authority ... talk is cheap 000
matthewtowner.bsky.social @matthewtowner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Didn't take long. Priorities in order 020
