Taiwan was so thrilled with the opportunity to invest in U.S. chip manufacturing with a gun to its head that they called it a "major national security crisis". The United Mafia of America, under "Don Corleone" Trump, has scored a $100 billion protection fee from Taiwan (Semiconductor). But will the Donald actually go to the mattresses for Taiwan, or is he just bluffing? Maybe he tells Taiwan to leave the gun and take the canoli. The one thing that is now certain: American integrity now sleeps with the fishes. If Trump wakes up with a horse's head in his bed, how will he know if it is Putin or Xi making him an offer he can't refuse? I hope the U.S. never needs allies. Because there probably won't be any at the rate that Trump is burning bridges. Fear and resignation after ‘world’s most powerful company’ pays Trump a $100 billion ‘protection fee’