POTUS Barry decided against a military garage sale to Taiwan for the new toys… Figured he’d let the new owners take care of the clean up – PB/TK
Obama Admin Blocked Arms Sale for Taiwan Defense – 14 Mar 2017
President Barack Obama’s administration blocked a sale of $1 billion in arms to Taiwan although the Pentagon and the State Department approved it, White House officials told The Washington Free Beacon.
The arms were needed to improve Taiwan’s defenses against Chinese missiles and other advanced weapons that had been deployed across the Taiwan Strait, the Free Beacon reported.
President Donald Trump’s administration is at work on another defensive arms sale for Taiwan, but the officials said they do not expect the package to be made public until after Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, which is set to happen in early April.
“The Trump administration takes America’s commitment to Taiwan’s security very seriously,” a White House official said in the Beacon report.
The package would have included parts for the Taiwan military to modernize their F-16 jet fighters, as well as more missiles.
Former Obama administration spokesman Ned Price confirmed to the Beacon that the Obama White House stopped the package.
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