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Taiwan Opposition Leader Cheng Li-wun Makes Rare Visit to China | Possible Xi Meeting Amid Tensions 2026  Taiwan’s main opposition leader, Cheng Li-wun (KMT Chair), has begun a high-stakes 6-day visit to China, the first by a KMT leader in nearly a decade.    She calls it a ‘journey of peace’ and may meet President Xi Jinping, even as Beijing increases military pressure on Taiwan and refuses talks with President Lai Ching-te.    The trip comes just weeks before the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing. Cross-strait tensions escalate as Taiwan debates defence spending. A defining moment in Taiwan-China relations.   0:00 - Taiwan Opposition Leader Heads to China 1:00 - Possible Meeting with Xi Jinping 1:30 - Peace Mission or Risky Move?   #Taiwan #China #Taiwan #XiJinping #Defence #Geopolitics #World   🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE  📰 Breaking news. ⚡Live updates. 🔍 Trusted stories — all in one app. Download the Asianet News App today 👇 🍎 iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/asianet-news-official/id1093450032 🤖 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vserv.asianet&hl=en_IN  For More Updates:  Follow us on our What's app Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va5Bq3yKwqSLSQTxam0r  English: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/  Hindi: https://hindi.asianetnews.com/  Malayalam: https://www.asianetnews.com/  Kannada: https://kannada.asianetnews.com/  Tamil: https://tamil.asianetnews.com/  Telugu: https://telugu.asianetnews.com/  Bengali: https://bangla.asianetnews.com/  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianetNewsa...  Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AsianetNewsEN  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann.newsable/  ➡ If you like our video, give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel to get the daily dosage of news, entertainment, sports and more.

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00:00President Trump isn't going to be able to convince the American public that he won

00:06until he can prove that he's achieved his various war aims.

00:11It's hard to say that the United States has won

00:14when Iran still continues to hamper freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

00:21Thank you so much for talking to me, and I really appreciate your time.

00:24Did the President make a convincing case this afternoon through his press conference

00:30that Operation Epic Fury achieved its objectives, he claimed that we won,

00:35or was it just another spin?

00:38No, President Trump isn't going to be able to convince the American public that he won

00:46until he can prove that he's achieved his various war aims.

00:51The problem is, his various war aims shift with time, sometimes from minute to minute, hour to hour.

00:59But at a minimum, he needs to account for Iran's nuclear-enriched uranium.

01:05He also needs to eliminate Iran's missile capability.

01:11And then the last issue has to do with the future of Iran's government,

01:15because different people can point to different statements the President has made

01:20in order to adjudicate whether or not he has succeeded.

01:25But at a very minimum, it's hard to say that the United States has won

01:31when Iran still continues to hamper freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

01:39Right. Now, President Trump, just at the beginning of this conflict,

01:45had promised to help the Iranian people.

01:48He said help was on its way.

01:49But again, today we heard that the President is threatening to bomb their power plants, infrastructure.

01:55How do you square that?

01:58Well, first of all, even by the Iranian regime's estimates,

02:04the number of people that have been killed in American bombing

02:08is far below that which the Iranian regime itself killed

02:13during an orgy of violence in two days in January.

02:18But the problem with Trump has always been his rhetoric.

02:23Many American policymakers have often joked that Trump's policies

02:29might be far more palatable if the United States pursued them

02:34with Donald Trump locked out of sight in a basement somewhere

02:39without an ability to tweet or speak.

02:45Now, with regard to the question,

02:47how do you square Donald Trump's statements

02:51with regard to his promises to help the Iranian people?

02:55On one hand, his statement's unhelpful

02:58because he seems to conflate the Iranian people

03:02with the regime he seeks to oust.

03:05On the other hand,

03:07when it comes to Iran's power plants,

03:10it's important to recognize

03:12that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

03:14controls and profits from most of them.

03:17That said,

03:19the United States should not repeat the mistakes in Iran

03:22of our engagement with Iraq.

03:26I went to Iraq right after Saddam Hussein had fallen.

03:30And what was clear

03:31is that the United States had

03:34completely destroyed

03:37Iraq's infrastructure and its economy.

03:41But the next day,

03:43the Iraqis were our allies,

03:45and we were the ones who were struggling

03:47because their economy

03:49had been destroyed.

03:51With regard to Iran,

03:53it's important to go after the Iranian regime

03:56with a scalpel,

03:58not an axe,

04:00and certainly not a flamethrower.

04:04Now,

04:05Tuesday's deadline is hours away.

04:08Do you see a deal happening, Michael?

04:10And it's a yes or a no.

04:12And what are the Americans really thinking here?

04:17I do not see a deal being made.

04:21Now,

04:22with regard to Donald Trump,

04:25his ultimatums

04:27are often

04:29drawn in pencil

04:31in the sand.

04:33They're not a traditional ultimatum.

04:37That said,

04:38there's a military strategy

04:40behind what Donald Trump is doing.

04:42Every time

04:43he issues an ultimatum,

04:46the Iranians react.

04:48And the Americans note how they react.

04:51If he keeps issuing ultimatums

04:53and then extending them,

04:56ultimately,

04:57the United States

04:58gains intelligence

04:59and Iranian readiness declines.

05:02At the very least,

05:04for those who want

05:05a diplomatic solution,

05:07it's unrealistic

05:08to expect

05:09a diplomatic solution

05:10if the Iranian leadership

05:13doesn't fear

05:14that something worse

05:16is to come.

05:18Now,

05:19the basic problem

05:20which Donald Trump

05:21doesn't understand

05:22is this.

05:23The United States

05:25has a reputation

05:27of lacking

05:28strategic patience.

05:31And because of that,

05:33the Iranian

05:35regime,

05:36or what remains of it,

05:38isn't trying to defeat

05:39the United States.

05:41It's only trying to outlast

05:43American patience.

05:45And if it does that,

05:47then it will stand up

05:49and declare victory,

05:50no matter what

05:51Donald Trump

05:52tries to spin.

05:55Now,

05:56let's talk about

05:56a country

05:57that's claiming

05:58to be the dealmaker here.

06:00Let's talk about Pakistan.

06:02They have been claiming

06:03that they are mediators here.

06:05Are they really

06:05genuine mediators

06:06or just

06:07messengers

06:08carrying the letters

06:09that neither side

06:10want to read?

06:11You know,

06:13a book should be written

06:15about insincere

06:17mediators

06:17in the 21st century.

06:19We see Turkey,

06:21we see Qatar,

06:22and we see Pakistan

06:24immunizing themselves

06:26from accountability

06:27for their own actions

06:29by insincerely

06:32posturing

06:32as mediators.

06:34The fact of the matter

06:35is,

06:36in each case,

06:37their mediation

06:38has gone nowhere,

06:39which is why

06:41we're in the conflict

06:42we're in right now.

06:44But,

06:45so long as

06:46Donald Trump

06:47seems to be

06:48as gullible

06:50as

06:51he

06:52is

06:53on these issues,

06:56Asim Mounir

06:57is simply going

06:58to extract

06:59as much

07:01as he can

07:02from Donald Trump.

07:04Donald Trump

07:05thinks of himself

07:06as the ultimate

07:07deal maker,

07:09but

07:09his

07:10vision

07:11or his

07:12understanding

07:13is the New York

07:14real estate market.

07:16As soon as

07:17he goes into

07:18the

07:19markets

07:20of Karachi

07:21or

07:22Istanbul

07:23or Doha,

07:25he gets

07:25fleeced

07:26and he doesn't

07:27even realize it.

07:31Now,

07:33Iran

07:33here

07:34is controlling

07:35the Strait of Hormuz

07:36and the oil

07:37is at

07:38$100

07:38a barrel.

07:40How exactly

07:42is this a win

07:43for America?

07:45Well,

07:46first of all,

07:47we need to recognize

07:49that the

07:50Strait of Hormuz

07:51closure

07:52has a ticking

07:53clock

07:54over it

07:54because

07:56while its

07:57closure

07:58hurts

07:58the Gulf

08:00Arab states,

08:02the Islamic

08:03Republic of

08:03Iran

08:04also needs

08:05to import

08:06its refined

08:07gasoline

08:08because it

08:09doesn't have

08:10its own

08:10adequate

08:11refining

08:11capability

08:12and capacity.

08:14Therefore,

08:15if Donald Trump

08:16wanted to,

08:17the way

08:18in which

08:19he could

08:19bring the

08:19Iranians

08:20to their

08:21knees

08:21would be

08:23if the

08:23United States

08:24blockaded

08:25the Strait of Hormuz

08:27and prevented

08:28the Iranians

08:29from importing

08:30refined

08:31gasoline.

08:32There's also

08:33a ticking

08:34clock

08:34over the

08:35Strait of Hormuz

08:36because

08:37Iran

08:37relies upon

08:39its oil

08:40exports

08:41in order

08:42to pay

08:42the salaries

08:43of the

08:44Islamic

08:44Revolutionary

08:45Guard Corps.

08:46What we're

08:47about to see

08:47is what

08:49proportion

08:49of the

08:49Islamic

08:50Revolutionary

08:51Guard Corps

08:51has been

08:52in this

08:52conflict

08:53for the

08:53money

08:54versus

08:55how many

08:55are the

08:56true

08:56ideologues.

08:57I would

08:58suspect,

08:59and we've

08:59already seen

09:00indications,

09:01of many

09:02within the

09:02Islamic

09:02Revolutionary

09:03Guard Corps

09:03not showing

09:04up for

09:05work.

09:05And so,

09:06while the

09:07Iranians

09:08have mastered

09:09the art

09:09of bluster,

09:11I don't

09:12believe that

09:12the Strait of

09:13Hormuz

09:13closure is

09:14going to

09:15be as

09:16comprehensive

09:17or permanent

09:18as the

09:19Iranians

09:19seem to

09:20claim.

09:23Now let's

09:24just talk

09:24about the

09:25details that

09:26have emerged

09:27about the

09:27U.S.

09:28airman who

09:30was rescued.

09:32Talk to us

09:33about what

09:35really this

09:36rescue operation,

09:37what you make

09:38of it, and

09:39what really is

09:40the mood

09:41within the

09:43Department of

09:44War, what is

09:45it amongst the

09:46soldiers,

09:47somebody who

09:48has been in

09:49those boots,

09:50someone as

09:51an ex-Pentagon

09:53official, what

09:54is your sense

09:55about what

09:56really is the

09:57mood within

09:58the Department

09:59of War?

10:00Well, first

10:01of all, to be

10:01clear, I'm a

10:02civilian, and I

10:03never served in

10:04the military, so

10:05I just want to

10:06make that clear so

10:07that no one

10:08accuses me of

10:08pretending

10:09otherwise.

10:10That said,

10:12look, let's

10:13be blunt, there

10:14is no other

10:15military in the

10:16world, whether

10:17you like Donald

10:18Trump or

10:19dislike Donald

10:19Trump, that

10:21could stage a

10:21rescue like the

10:23United States

10:23just staged.

10:24We set up an

10:26interim airfield

10:28just a few

10:30dozen kilometers

10:31from one of

10:32Iran's largest

10:33cities and

10:35managed without

10:36a single loss

10:37of a person

10:38to rescue

10:40airmen who

10:41were shot

10:42down.

10:43That is

10:44amazing.

10:44We've done

10:45this before.

10:46We did this

10:47once over

10:47Kosovo back

10:49in 1999, but

10:51the fact that

10:52we were able

10:52to do this

10:53against a much

10:54more foreign

10:54formidable ally

10:55shows just how

10:57potent the

10:58American military

10:59is and how

11:01empty and

11:02what a paper

11:02tiger Iran's

11:04military is.

11:06Now, if I may

11:07say with regard

11:08to the Indian

11:09discourse, one

11:11thing I think

11:11the Indian

11:12discourse gets

11:13wrong.

11:14Certainly, the

11:15Indians are

11:16right to

11:17complain about

11:18the rise in

11:19energy prices,

11:20especially since

11:21they had no

11:22say given the

11:23unilateral

11:24action of

11:25Donald Trump's

11:26decision to

11:27go to war.

11:28But, while it's

11:30all well and

11:31good to hand

11:32wring over the

11:33American decision

11:34and over

11:35international law,

11:36there needs to

11:38be much greater

11:39discussion within

11:41India about what

11:43India is going

11:44to do to

11:45achieve the

11:46capabilities which

11:47America has

11:48now demonstrated.

11:50because the

11:51fact of the

11:52matter is, as

11:53India rises as

11:55an economic

11:56power, and

11:57frankly, as a

11:58global power, the

11:59knives are going

12:00to be out in

12:01Pakistan, in

12:03China, and

12:04elsewhere, and

12:06India can't get

12:07caught simply

12:09hand-wringing and

12:11discussing endlessly

12:12about international

12:13law when it

12:14also needs to

12:15develop its

12:17military capability.

12:18The last

12:19point, which

12:20has come under

12:21discussion, which

12:22is truly

12:23interesting, and

12:24in many ways

12:25could be a

12:25diplomatic game

12:26changer, is

12:28there are a lot

12:28of rumors now

12:30that the

12:31missile which

12:33shot down the

12:34American F-15

12:35was provided by

12:37Turkey to

12:38Iran.

12:39It wasn't an

12:41indigenous Iranian

12:42missile.

12:42And if this

12:44is confirmed, then

12:46there is going

12:46to be an even

12:48greater crisis

12:49within NATO.

12:54Now, if the

12:56talks don't get

12:57through, do you

12:58see Pakistan

12:59providing any

13:01kind of ground

13:02support to the

13:03U.S.

13:04military to

13:06carry out its

13:06operations against

13:08Iran?

13:09No, and I

13:11don't see the

13:11Pakistanis doing

13:12anything, for

13:15diplomatic reasons,

13:16I don't see the

13:17Pakistanis doing

13:18anything, and

13:18frankly, the

13:19Pakistanis don't

13:20have capability.

13:21The Pakistanis, like

13:23the Iranians, are

13:24experts.

13:25I rate them 10

13:26out of 10 in

13:28fantasy, and I'm

13:29bragging about

13:30capabilities they

13:31don't have.

13:32But when push

13:33comes to shove,

13:35they're a 1 or 2

13:36out of 10 in

13:37their ability to

13:38actually achieve

13:39what they claim.

13:40Now, the biggest,

13:42another diplomatic

13:43story out of this

13:44conflict is just

13:46how disappointed

13:47Saudi Arabia is

13:49in Pakistan, because

13:51Saudi Arabia was

13:52attacked when it

13:54was sitting on the

13:54sidelines of this

13:55conflict.

13:56And just a few

13:57months ago, Pakistan

13:59and Saudi Arabia

14:00signed a so-called

14:02mutual defense

14:03alliance.

14:03Some people are

14:04talking about it

14:05being an Islamic

14:06NATO.

14:07I mean, in

14:08reality, it's an

14:09Islamic no-go,

14:11because when

14:12Saudi Arabia was

14:13in its hour of

14:14need, Pakistan

14:15simply made up

14:16some excuses.

14:17And sometimes

14:19those excuses

14:19were just empty

14:20diplomatic rhetoric.

14:21But let's also

14:22face it.

14:23When Pakistan is

14:25bombing Kabul

14:26and pretending

14:27that they're in

14:28a much greater

14:29and more

14:32existential

14:33conflict with the

14:34Taliban than

14:35they're in,

14:35what Pakistan

14:37is really

14:38doing is just

14:38creating an

14:39excuse not

14:40to have to

14:41fulfill their

14:43diplomatic bargain

14:44with Saudi

14:44Arabia.

14:45So, I mean,

14:46let's be

14:47frank.

14:48To make a

14:49military alliance

14:50with Saudi

14:51Arabia makes

14:53about as much

14:54sense as

14:55making a

14:56military alliance

14:57with Papua New

14:58Guinea.

14:59The only

14:59difference is that

15:00Papua New

15:01Guinea might have

15:02a more capable

15:02military at this

15:03point.

15:05Right.

15:06Your closing

15:07remarks,

15:08anything that

15:09you'd like to

15:09add to what

15:10we heard from

15:11the President

15:12in the next

15:1224 hours?

15:13Not even 24,

15:15less than that

15:15now.

15:16No, look,

15:17I mean,

15:18the bigger,

15:18what I would

15:19say with

15:20regard to

15:21this war

15:23is that

15:26never before

15:27have I seen

15:28such a

15:29divergence

15:29between

15:31military

15:32domination

15:32on one

15:33side

15:33and

15:35influence

15:35domination

15:36on the

15:37other.

15:38The Americans

15:39have shown,

15:40despite arguments

15:41that we don't

15:42have strategic

15:43patience,

15:44that we are

15:45capable of

15:46bombing with

15:47extreme precision

15:48and decimating

15:50targets.

15:51We control

15:51Iranian airspace.

15:53At the same

15:54time,

15:54because of

15:56Iranian bluster

15:57and the

15:59willingness of

16:00people to

16:00believe Iranian

16:01bluster,

16:02many people

16:03even believe

16:04that the

16:04United States

16:05is losing,

16:05which is

16:06absolute nonsense,

16:08given what

16:09we just

16:10pulled off

16:10rescuing

16:11the pilot.

16:12One of the

16:13other issues

16:14which is

16:14out there,

16:15and again

16:16it goes

16:17into the

16:17whole influence

16:18operations,

16:19is that

16:20in all

16:21likelihood,

16:22Iran doesn't

16:24have a

16:24supreme

16:24leader.

16:26Muchtapa

16:26Khamenei

16:27hasn't been

16:28seen,

16:29and the

16:29most recent

16:30attempt to

16:31suggest that

16:31he was in

16:32Qum appears

16:33to have been

16:34generated by

16:35artificial

16:35intelligence.

16:37How long

16:38are we going

16:38to keep up

16:39this illusion

16:40that Iran

16:42is anything

16:43other than

16:43a military

16:44dictatorship under

16:45the control

16:46of the Islamic

16:47Revolutionary

16:47Guard Corps?

16:48The clergy

16:49itself has

16:50collapsed,

16:51and that

16:52also is a

16:53story that is

16:54coming out.

16:55The last

16:56point I would

16:57make is

16:58that while

16:59people,

17:00many people

17:01are cheering

17:02for the

17:02United States

17:03to be

17:03defeated,

17:05and it's

17:05almost like

17:07Gulliver's

17:08travels,

17:09and we see

17:10this with

17:10NATO.

17:11The United

17:12States is

17:12Gulliver,

17:13and we're

17:14being tied

17:14down,

17:15and many

17:16different NATO

17:17countries,

17:17Spain for

17:18example,

17:19Austria,

17:20they're basically

17:21acting like the

17:22Lilliputians

17:22right now.

17:23However,

17:24they don't

17:25fully understand

17:26what is at

17:27stake if

17:28freedom of

17:28navigation isn't

17:30restored,

17:30or if Iran

17:31is able to

17:32claim victory.

17:33What the

17:34Americans have

17:35to reckon

17:35with is just

17:37how deep

17:38anti-Americanism

17:40is, not only

17:42among our

17:42adversaries, but

17:44among our

17:44allies, and we

17:46need to recognize

17:47that the

17:48reason why

17:49anti-Americanism

17:51is so deep

17:51is because of

17:53our unilateralism,

17:54and because of

17:55the failure over

17:57generations of

17:58our diplomacy,

17:59and because the

18:00United States

18:01doesn't

18:03adequately show

18:04respect to

18:06our allies.

18:07India is not

18:08alone in this,

18:10but until

18:11Americans understand

18:12that we can't

18:14go it alone,

18:14we are going

18:16to suffer

18:17much more,

18:18not only in

18:19victory, but

18:20also perhaps in

18:21the future in

18:22defeat.

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