Inside the Trump Administration’s Taiwan Debate | Opinion

At a time when Republicans and Democrats can’t even stomach sharing a meal without devolving into arguments about budgets, spending, or Elon Musk, there is at least one issue bringing the two sides together—Taiwan. If the self-governed democratic island was a country, it would be perhaps the U.S. foreign policy community’s favorite. Ask U.S. lawmakers why this is the case and you’re likely to get several familiar answers. Taiwan has demonstrated enormous success over decades to become one of Asia’s leading democracies. Others point to the island’s technological sophistication—Taiwan makes about 90 percent of the world’s most advanced computer chips,…