Subject: Re: The Brits have...about 25 tanks
When have you ever seen Trump issue any sort of direct challenge to Chinese military expansion in the South China Sea? Or echo any hunt of the assertion that Cina is the primary threat?

Again, everyone missed the significance of this:
https://www.bbc.com/news/artic...

The US State Department has dropped a statement from its website which stated that Washington does not support Taiwan's independence - a move which has sparked anger in China.

China said the revision "sends a wrong... signal to separatist forces advocating for Taiwan independence", and asked the US to "correct its mistakes".

The department's fact sheet on Taiwan-US relations earlier included the phrase "we do not support Taiwan independence" - this was removed last week as part of what it said was a "routine" update.