{"id":69399,"date":"2026-05-17T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/17\/taiwan-urges-trump-to-stay-the-course-on-weapons-sales-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:39:00","slug":"taiwan-urges-trump-to-stay-the-course-on-weapons-sales-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/17\/taiwan-urges-trump-to-stay-the-course-on-weapons-sales-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan urges Trump to stay the course on weapons sales &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPSlI4djlfRW5wbnNaV3BNM0dpMDJkNTllN2VvaVd4V05DMnN5eVpBdkxJVWJlM09GUHYxRkhfWElYZUVQejdSdkt3RjIwa1R0NWdsVDYzTm42UE9BVUZxSE9wM0x2bEFDdzJ6dGJtQ2lxNTlkXzBIeHREeUxZZlprdnNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan urges Trump to stay the course on weapons sales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNYUM1TXhIQVdnZmZaZnpCRUlPYWU3UndzTnE5V0w0WF9WY2tpT08yQ1dya1NpRDExanQwWlEyNEhTU1FTTTczWXBTdDJUMExyU2Q3M3VNM0hRZFVEaFVjRGpBLUdoVnFETUJ3TjcwQVZaWGxrdHNQVmd1NlZEVWY2Z0RhdzdvcFlHdk1RZldFaGJJZ2NXWTloY1Bsd1g4Ul9QS3ZLRnd2d2owVkdHcEdxWi1SOUI0QTJaWGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan says US arms sales that Trump called a bargaining chip are &#8216;most important deterrent&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fortune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTFBRRkdPNlhZMDlLOVlOYi1td012YzJ6b1Izal9aNFJDWmRpQVVHNVJfN3VCbmNFVUd5NGFmdjkySlhFazBiaUVrcDBNc1FQOEMxOTJPVXAtWjF1THdyMXRfWnNwT3BVV3pXUHQzWTB1RVl0NV9ZbzBmcWdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Scoop: Trump advisers fear China may target Taiwan in next 5 years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNUVlidEFSbG1ZNGtJZllJSVZscEFvZGRrX0FQYkwydzlQeDN1WkhnSkUtNlZBZm5lOTFRUVdSTXR4VjRjaGRGMGozMDIwaUZNTWhsTVhZeFVBb2N0cFFzODJoRWV2d3dQNmx6Y2pqdzlWdm13eDlxZ01tb1QzNDFpdWNhMmFXbEUyNGtRVUViWTNmX1hnbzV3MUl5Rk1JMEpXbHBHQkhlUGNua0ZqUE80SA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan won&#8217;t be sacrificed, US arms sales a commitment, president responds to Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxQVzJvd3RicTZKaVRtSTVoazhHWVZWbHdSNlBmaFBoQnRHODQtRzhBcXZ2V3pNVmRpLTIxa25acWNMT3BoZUdLSGt6a0VGdEF2Y21mUWRhN05CMV96VmVjQVZYUHpERXZDdkpxNjBCdkRCZ1hsVTZHNEpVeDMxc2JuNlh6Y2VFR0YzdFhabGFQbWhTLXFralN6NEpPa1lQTXVuOHA0MVZB0gGrAUFVX3lxTE45eVE0UnVFLTh4MlFJMWc0TlFIYW1pd0RibkVqQ2Z2dFBqY1V6dDc4RWZ2Y1dPazM3cVNWcTI3N0dOcmFQWjhQNkRfRGxHblhYalRXZHlVVHFOd0Z6WFkyWjlLbURDNndBb3ZROWJOUlVGRGZEQVFYTXhnYWlNWnVHekZBZjNSSEwxaTVuMlBDTU5uT2xaYm04bnZvZEVJRmEwOTV5Z1FqSDR3bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why Taiwan became the defining issue in the Trump-Xi talks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan urges Trump to stay the course on weapons sales&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Taiwan says US arms sales that Trump called a bargaining chip are &#8216;most important deterrent&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fortune&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/17\/taiwan-urges-trump-to-stay-the-course-on-weapons-sales-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}