Donald Trump Expects China To Invade Taiwan, Blames Joe Biden, US for Poor Leadership

On Wednesday, former President Trump stated that he believes China would attack Taiwan and that it will happen sooner rather than later.

When asked if he felt an invasion would come sooner rather than later during an interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, Trump responded he did "because they're seeing how dumb the United States is run."

Trump Predicts That China Will Invade Taiwan Soon

China has implied support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, raising worries of a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, which Beijing claims sovereignty over.

Trump has had a rocky relationship with China, which he was chastised for being too tight with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his administration. Relations between the United States and China reached a new low in Trump's final year in office when the Trump administration blamed Beijing for the coronavirus outbreak.

Trump, who is considering a bid for the presidency in 2024 and is the overwhelming favorite to win the Republican nomination, has repeatedly assailed Biden's ideas. He attacked the Biden administration's handling of the Afghanistan drawdown in the Fox Business interview, stating that Chinese President Xi Jinping was drawing lessons from how the US handled the situation.

A US team led by former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mike Mullen is visiting Taiwan this week to express support for President Tsai Ing-wen and other Taiwanese authorities. Beijing has expressed its displeasure with the planned visit.

Trump went on to say that his assurance stems from the United States' lack of meaningful response to the invasion of Ukraine. Because of this, as well as the failure in Ukraine, Trump went on to say that this is Xi's greatest chance to achieve what China has desired for decades, as per The Hill.

Trump went on to argue that the escalation is the result of NATO's weakness and inability to respond and that Biden made a tactical error by publicly declaring that he would not fight the Russians over their invasion. According to CNN, this has prompted the attendance of a US team led by former Joint Chiefs of Staff member Michael Flynn and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to reassure Taiwan of America's obligations in the area.

Tsai, on the other hand, maybe less confident than Mullen in reassuring Taiwanese citizens, given her words echo Trump's criticisms of Biden's inaction. Taiwan is "on the front lines of the battle for democracy," according to Tsai, and its citizens have "deep empathy" with Ukraine's "determination to safeguard freedom and democracy."

White House Reportedly Shares Intelligence With China

Meanwhile, Kash Patel, a former Pentagon official, aimed at the Biden administration on Sunday, claiming that the White House shared intelligence with China regarding Russia's troop moves near Ukraine.

According to the New York Times, President Joe Biden's senior officials met with counterparts in Beijing six times over three months while Russian President Vladimir Putin aggressively deployed forces on Ukraine's borders.

The US hoped that Chinese President Xi Jinping would persuade Putin not to strike its neighbor. Each time, the Western calls for assistance were ignored, with China insisting that an invasion was unlikely.

Meanwhile, Beijing and Moscow were exchanging critical information. Officials claimed China's message to the Kremlin, which coincided with US intelligence findings, was that the US was simply aiming to foment strife and that China would not stand in the way of whatever Russia's intentions were.

In the early hours of Thursday morning last week, Putin personally authorized a military assault against Ukraine. Explosions erupted in the areas surrounding the nation's cities in a matter of minutes. Since then, Kyiv's military has been fending off an unprovoked invasion by Moscow, which has encompassed air, land, and sea offensives, Daily Mail reported.

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