Taiwan President William Lai just dropped plans for a massive 40 billion dollar defense budget over eight years after Donald Trump kept pushing the island to spend way more on military gear. The whole thing is about making Taiwan tough enough that China cannot roll up and take over since Beijing still claims the territory belongs to them and keeps threatening to use force.
Lai wants the military locked in by 2027 with some next-level air defense system called T Dome that runs on tech and innovation. The catch is that parliament might block the spending since the opposition party controls the money and their new leader already said Taiwan is broke. Raymond Greene from America said he backs the plan while China complained that outside countries are messing with Taiwan's choices.
Lai wants the military locked in by 2027 with some next-level air defense system called T Dome that runs on tech and innovation. The catch is that parliament might block the spending since the opposition party controls the money and their new leader already said Taiwan is broke. Raymond Greene from America said he backs the plan while China complained that outside countries are messing with Taiwan's choices.
