主流媒体开始置疑现总统的心智能力… The Confusing Mr. Biden The President’s town hall performance is cause for concern. By The Editorial Board Oct. 22, 2021 6:54 pm ET White House handlers shield President Biden from the press as much as possible, and Thursday’s town hall on CNN shows why. Even with a friendly audience and softball questions, Mr. Biden’s performance revealed why so many Americans are losing confidence in his Presidency. One big problem is that Mr. Biden often doesn’t seem to know what he’s talking about. Take rising gas prices that are a growing public concern. Mr. Biden blamed the OPEC cartel for not producing more oil, but then he said the answer is “ultimately . . . investing in renewable energy.” Most cars still run on gasoline, not solar or wind power. Electric cars remain impractical for most Americans. The way to reduce gas prices is to produce more oil to increase the supply. Mr. Biden wouldn’t have to plead with OPEC to produce more if he weren’t working so hard to limit U.S. oil production. How about the supply-chain bottlenecks contributing to shortages and inflation? Mr. Biden blamed Covid and employers who won’t pay enough to attract workers. But employers are bidding up wages nearly across the economy and they still can’t fill the more than 10 million job openings nationwide. Asked if he’d call in the National Guard to address the shortage of truckers, Mr. Biden said he would. But the deployment of the Guard is actually controlled by Governors, as the White House later clarified. Mr. Biden’s confusion extended to foreign policy, which is supposed to be his strength. Regarding Taiwan—a crucial issue with China—Mr. Biden misstated U.S. policy. Asked “can you vow to protect Taiwan,” Mr. Biden said “yes.” CNN anchor Anderson Cooper must have figured this was news, because he gave Mr. Biden another chance: “So are you saying that the United States would come to Taiwan’s defense if—” Mr. Biden: “Yes.” Mr. Cooper: —“China attacked?” Mr. Biden: “Yes, we have a commitment to do that.” The actual U.S. policy toward Taiwan is “strategic ambiguity” about U.S. intentions. The Taiwan Relations Act commits the U.S. to help Taiwan defend itself but does not include a NATO-like commitment to go to war to defend the island democracy. Many people think the U.S. should make such a commitment explicit so Beijing doesn’t miscalculate and invade the island. Was Mr. Biden announcing a change in U.S. policy? Apparently not, because the White House soon walked back Mr. Biden’s words. Strategic ambiguity lives, or perhaps we should say strategic confusion in the case of Mr. Biden. You have to wonder what the hard men in Beijing think of this performance. Does the fast White House retreat from Mr. Biden’s words mean the U.S. doesn’t intend to defend Taiwan? What is U.S. policy? Wars have started amid such mixed signals to adversaries. We take no pleasure in pointing this out, since the U.S. needs a President who can handle the strains of the job. Mr. Biden was never Demosthenes, and all Presidents stumble in speech. But Mr. Biden’s frequent public confusion about the major issues of the day is a reason for the growing public concern.
"Despite"这个词是某些媒体自己加上去的。 我找到的原文是 A senior Biden administration official said U.S. "policy with regard to Taiwan has not changed" 这是陈述一个长期政策。 引号外面的内容随便编，引号内的内容一般大媒体还是不敢编。
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/biden-says-united-states-would-come-taiwans-defense-2021-10-22/ BALTIMORE, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The United States would come to Taiwan's defense and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday, though the White House said later there was no change in policy towards the island. 红白脸的老把戏了，暗示台湾该掏钱找美国买武器了。
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omg 翻墙真可怕 美华不用梧桐 已经没得回中国一年半了
梧桐之后，全世界都看明白了中国的军事科技实力，国家的动员能力，像西方殖民者，都是些欺软怕硬之辈，等他们明白了中国比他们更强，就会前倨后恭，美华在美国的地位比油太还高，美华又怎么会回不了中国。中国统一，是全世界华人的福音，也是🐸民的福音，从此不用做人质做炮灰，好好做人不好吗
The Confusing Mr. Biden The President’s town hall performance is cause for concern. By The Editorial Board Oct. 22, 2021 6:54 pm ET
White House handlers shield President Biden from the press as much as possible, and Thursday’s town hall on CNN shows why. Even with a friendly audience and softball questions, Mr. Biden’s performance revealed why so many Americans are losing confidence in his Presidency.
One big problem is that Mr. Biden often doesn’t seem to know what he’s talking about. Take rising gas prices that are a growing public concern. Mr. Biden blamed the OPEC cartel for not producing more oil, but then he said the answer is “ultimately . . . investing in renewable energy.”
Most cars still run on gasoline, not solar or wind power. Electric cars remain impractical for most Americans. The way to reduce gas prices is to produce more oil to increase the supply. Mr. Biden wouldn’t have to plead with OPEC to produce more if he weren’t working so hard to limit U.S. oil production.
How about the supply-chain bottlenecks contributing to shortages and inflation? Mr. Biden blamed Covid and employers who won’t pay enough to attract workers. But employers are bidding up wages nearly across the economy and they still can’t fill the more than 10 million job openings nationwide.
Asked if he’d call in the National Guard to address the shortage of truckers, Mr. Biden said he would. But the deployment of the Guard is actually controlled by Governors, as the White House later clarified.
Mr. Biden’s confusion extended to foreign policy, which is supposed to be his strength. Regarding Taiwan—a crucial issue with China—Mr. Biden misstated U.S. policy. Asked “can you vow to protect Taiwan,” Mr. Biden said “yes.”
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper must have figured this was news, because he gave Mr. Biden another chance: “So are you saying that the United States would come to Taiwan’s defense if—” Mr. Biden: “Yes.” Mr. Cooper: —“China attacked?” Mr. Biden: “Yes, we have a commitment to do that.”
The actual U.S. policy toward Taiwan is “strategic ambiguity” about U.S. intentions. The Taiwan Relations Act commits the U.S. to help Taiwan defend itself but does not include a NATO-like commitment to go to war to defend the island democracy. Many people think the U.S. should make such a commitment explicit so Beijing doesn’t miscalculate and invade the island. Was Mr. Biden announcing a change in U.S. policy?
Apparently not, because the White House soon walked back Mr. Biden’s words. Strategic ambiguity lives, or perhaps we should say strategic confusion in the case of Mr. Biden. You have to wonder what the hard men in Beijing think of this performance. Does the fast White House retreat from Mr. Biden’s words mean the U.S. doesn’t intend to defend Taiwan? What is U.S. policy? Wars have started amid such mixed signals to adversaries.
We take no pleasure in pointing this out, since the U.S. needs a President who can handle the strains of the job. Mr. Biden was never Demosthenes, and all Presidents stumble in speech. But Mr. Biden’s frequent public confusion about the major issues of the day is a reason for the growing public concern.
并没有结束，殖民主义仍然在进行，只是换了一种形式，不过本质上仍是换汤不换药。现在的殖民主义，叫新殖民主义
RINO和民主党是一样的，不知道你到底想要什么
🛋️ 沙发板凳
他讲话现在都没人当真了，经常自己自相矛盾 老人家快点做点正经事吧，不然高通胀会把民主党在下次选举给干掉的 我不担心共和党上台，但我担心川普又出来选
也希望共和党上来，但不是老川
發現統一越來越遙遠沒？
越来越近~
等于啥都没说，台包不用激动 顺便问一句美国台北办事处的名字不是要改成台湾吗？是不是被土共纸老虎吓得缩了？ 连一个办事处名字都不敢改还要奢谈其他吗？
呵呵，这是又要和中国谈什么条件了吧。
小英，主人说话的时候要保持安静，否则晚上的狗粮减半哦。
肯定是啊，美国每次提台湾就是在跟中国谈判条件，拿到满意的了又说不支持独立了……
选个其他的共和党很有可能援助台湾到处打仗给军火商捞钱
您的意思是washington times是粉毛？（请自行阅读楼主转发washington times报道的最后一段）。
中美战争可能性越来越大
是和平统一越来越远。最后只剩梧桐
这个 新闻
国内的媒体 不敢登啊!!
哈哈哈哈
wmfh顷巢而出，结果反而把这个帖子顶了上去😂
美国在亚洲的军事基地比中国都多。但是拜登的意思是要卖过时武器给台湾。你们还真以为老人家是善良的傻子？
对啊,肯定指的是会卖更多武器,并没有说会出兵,台湾别自做多情。
说话和胡戏精一个腔调，就是 来啊，来啊，来打我啊，真被扇了一耳光，就只会捂着脸叫着儿子打老子了。
翻墙狗粮不会减半么？
共和党没有trump也有其他神经病，比如德州州长，佛州州长。。哎。。
也没有说不会出兵，武器是已经在卖的。到底什么程度还是模糊的。所以Biden讲的并没有实际改变目前模糊的状况，但肯定是朝着对台湾更有利的方向移动。
墙头草最后别说狗粮，狗屎都抢不到。
这就太冤枉拜登了。中华人民共和国要统一台湾的可能性，只和“中国的军力国力上升”以及“台湾抛弃中华民国这个护身符”这两个因素有关。现在看来，台海之战也就是3-5年内的事，不知道会死多少人，唉。
这个说的太刻薄了
看你俩说的挺热闹，我觉得可以设一赌局，赌大陆5年内会不会拿下台湾，你俩把房子都压给我，谁赌输了房子给出来。
藏南收回没有？
那玩意儿正常人本来也不抢。狗才抢。
是啊
天天变 见什么人说什么话 反正也不记得
哪里需要5年。两年之内台湾省一定回归
是的，台湾关系法是法律，三个公报仅仅是policy～～ 当然，共产党员们是对其中区别没感觉的。
这个楼里面，Ｖ🐱和川粉热烈拥抱，亲热得好像失散多年的亲骨肉～～
国内家人日子会受影响，这里的华人会有什么影响吗？
他知道也没有用。他说了不算，贺总说了算
这话说的，中美打仗，搞不好把地球都炸掉了，怎么可能没影响。。。更不用说华人了。
2014年俄国出兵Crimea，多美的地方。美国啥事都没做。
美国和克里米亚有什么关系？
梧桐会让国内人的生活更富更好更安全。让海华在世界地位更高。
乌克兰是民主国家，克里米亚是乌克兰的，为了保护民主，和俄国斗争，美国应该帮助乌克兰拿回克里米亚，当时美国大使馆可是折腾很厉害的。
三个公报也没说不保卫台湾啊
最理想的难道不是两党轮流执政么?有竞争才有制衡。
这个不是后来更正了吗？
看过往，从南海，到香港，大陆动手前往往是默不做声的
现在在蔡英文两国论，四个坚持以后，如果中美没有高层次的说明，而大陆又这么安静，我更倾向于是动手的前奏。
当然，台湾可以说大陆害怕了，那就接着往独立去吧！
改个办事处名字，还不是国家名字，举手之劳都不用，比扇耳光容易多了，请正面回答为啥不敢改呢？ 难道台湾其实内心里是喜欢舔共？
其实历史比较搞笑，当年台湾还台湾的名义参加奥运会，后来老蒋觉得矮化了，才有了中华台北
三个公报强调的是一个中国， 台湾关系法，对台湾的定位是，governing authorities on Taiwan.
大陆已经怂了，支持英mm大胆地往前走，别回头
那时候大家都穷，房价也还便宜（也没有商品房） 现在房价比一切都重要，包括打台湾，不信的可以试试
克里米亚本身大部分就是俄罗斯族，公投一下肯定是回归俄罗斯 台湾公投一下试试
美国对台湾的帮助不少，经国号就是美帝手把手教的 美国介入的话，台湾不难守，日本离岛或者冲绳发射短程导弹封锁台湾东西两岸就行了，上面设置禁飞区。从这个意义上，其实台湾都不想要金门。
民心是可以操作的，李登辉时期，还有9成的台湾百姓支持统一
现在，教改以后，台湾年轻人觉得和大陆没有关系了
所谓的同文同种，都在改变中
来美国这么多年，台湾朋友不少，总体挺好相处的。也尊重他们自己的选择。
别说李登辉时期的台湾人了， 就连李登辉本人，最早也是倾向统一的。
现在北京方面大肆宣传的“一中各表”，“九二共识”， 实际上就是９０年代初中台开始接触时，李登辉提出的方案。 但是北京方面那时候只接受一国两制，所以谈判破裂。 所以一心为台湾人找条出路的李登辉，既然这里走不通，那就往另一边走吧。
其实所谓的九二共识， “共”的是台湾方面９２年的“识”，和北京方面２０２０年的“识”～～ 现在的台独，是北京逼出来的。
得了吧，岩里政男一辈子只想跟日本统一。
三个公报强调的是以远景双方自愿统一换取当下和平。没有任何字样说大陆动武美国不出兵。
台巴子真是吃屎也赶不上热的。自己作死就自己去死，天天盼望中美为台湾打仗个屁啊
国务院上次刚说过US stance unchanged despite Biden statement
拜托不要自由心证到处找事儿。美国爸爸没空天天给你们擦屁股
人州长都是选出来的 你是说德州福州美国人民都不正常吗？ 😂
总统您可以不用那么激进挑衅我共吗？自己一边待得好好的不是挺好的吗?
你把时间线搞错了，苏利文和杨洁篪谈过之后就没有骚扰过台湾的ADIZ。以前倒是很密集。 蔡英文双十讲话时有史以来最强硬的一次，就差官宣独立了。中国政府倒是很克制，是环球时报发狂了。 总的来说就是苏杨会后中国突然怂了，为什么？不知道。是不是暂时的？不知道。
这句话和拜登所说要防卫台湾并不矛盾啊
美国的对台湾政策表述是刻意的模糊，但底线问题好像也没模糊过，应该是从来没说过不防卫台湾，当然以前也没说过肯定要协防台湾
州长怎样，选他们的人就一定怎样？
那州长老死的时候，是不是当年投票选他的人都必须也老死？
"Despite"这个词是某些媒体自己加上去的。
我找到的原文是 A senior Biden administration official said U.S. "policy with regard to Taiwan has not changed"
这是陈述一个长期政策。
引号外面的内容随便编，引号内的内容一般大媒体还是不敢编。
那美国还选出来川普了呢
德国还选出了希特勒
BALTIMORE, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The United States would come to Taiwan's defense and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday, though the White House said later there was no change in policy towards the island.
红白脸的老把戏了，暗示台湾该掏钱找美国买武器了。