Trump Wants Taiwan to Pay U.S. for Protection

Seth addresses Nikki Haley saying Trump has a strong endorsement at the Republican National Convention, Trump suggesting Taiwan pays the U.S. for protection and more in his monologue for Wednesday, July 17.


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[leannevandekew]

Matt Gaetz must have misunderstood when he was told people use Venmo to make minor purchases.

[D-S-]

To be fair, Giuliani DID find joy in the punch line. Also the Wine line, the Whisky Line, and the Rum line.

[keithhobbs]

Well doesn't the Taiwan government buy an awful lot of military hardware from the usa anyway? So they might argue they are in fact paying for their defence?

[kwokfanfan]

Omg, hes shaking them down asking for protection $$. Thats not diplomacy, thats a triad boss.

[scarscar]

"I cannot tell a lie." -George Washington. "I cannot tell the truth." -Donald Trump. "We cannot tell the difference." - Republicans.

[Bluesayshello]

The person that told Gaetz to shut up was Richard Porter, Gaetz was trying to interrupt a McCarthy interview

[dr.braxygilkeycruises]

When Rudy fell the other day, my FIRST thought was, *"Seth Meyers is going to have a field day with this one!"* 🤣😂🤣😅🤣

[Jay-isjy]

In other words he wants to hand taiwan to china like ukraine to russia.... wonder if he'll give back alaska too

[chantellenutes]

Sounds like he’s running a protection racket using the US military.

[razorburn]

Doesn't Taiwan spend a huge sum of money on American military equipment already?

[MartinMcMartin]

"Protection" sounds just like a mob tactic.

[jnlejzh]

Google “Taiwan's Wait for $19 Billion in US-Made Weapons”
“Taiwan is waiting on the U.S. for nearly $20 billion worth of arms sales as the gap between the self-ruled island's and China's military capabilities continues to widen.
Just over 57 percent of this backlog is comprised of "traditional" weapons like tanks, U.S. think tank the CATO Institute said on Monday about the $19.2 billion in weapons still outstanding as of last month. “

[kevinfalkner]

Gosh, Getting services without paying your bills . Isn't that something any person who's ever done business with trump knows. He's a deadbeat . Taking s-'t.

[somekatontheinternet]

Taiwan makes ALL of the world’s AI chips (so we’re gonna charge them for Security now) - “Nice island ya got here, shame if something happened to it.” - great plan - they will just raise the price of the chips you know - oh - you’ll just put a tariff on them and that will make those chips - (even more not cheaper) expensive - did I mention that they are the only source of the AI chips -

[slappywag]

Matt Gates has a face like Butthead, but even Butthead has more sense😂

[takkieterror]

Who would trust dishonest Don to protect them?

[FrankPSF]

When “everything” is transactional, that person has few, or no, redeeming features. Think about it … it’s logic!

[NewMessage]

Yeah.. Saturday showed what top notch protection the US provides.

[sherinameless]

Did they cut "we're off and running"? Now I don't feel like going for a 3:00 a.m. run.

[askbob]

and I want Trump to pay "real taxes" you don't always get what you wish for. ... TSMC could just stop producing "chips" then what????