Taiwan This Week · ICRT

Trust in Trump's America?

·51 min·4 clips
Angelica Ong reveals why 42.9% of DPP supporters still trust America despite Trump's tariffs and chaos.
This episode analyzes a Brookings Institution report on declining trust in the US under Trump in Taiwan and South Korea, featuring discussions on partisan divides, historical anti-Americanism, and Taiwan's strategic dilemmas. It also covers domestic politics, including a recall motion against President Lai, and environmental issues like air quality policy.

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A measured look at Taiwan's trust question before the KMT recall fight takes over.

The episode opens with a Brookings piece from its Taiwan-US quarterly analysis series and uses it to ask a blunt question: how much trust Taiwan can place in the United States.

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Want the Taiwan angle on Trump, trust, and the Lai recall fight?

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