Donald Trump reportedly claimed on the campaign trail that he could put an end to the Ukrainian conflict in a day. In the information media, “people near to Trump “‘s public comments suggest that President-elect Trump intends to compel Ukraine to sign a peace agreement that would end the current issue.
The Ukrainian people would suffer as a result of this. It would also be disastrous for Taiwan’s 23 million people who live on the other side of the globe. Taiwan, a territory off the coast of China, was once governed by the same entity that represented the UN-member nation China.  ,
However, shortly after China signed the UN Charter, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP ) won a civil war against Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalists who retreated to Taiwan.
Despite the fact that Taiwan has never been under the CCP’s control during World War 2, the Qing Dynasty ceded Taiwan to Japan after losing the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, the CCP has since asserted that it is a part of China under the One-China Principle.
The Taiwan Strait, the 110-mile long span of the Pacific Ocean that separates Taiwan from Taiwan, has a political headache due to its complex history, which is directly related to the development of Communist China.  ,
Even more enthralling are the tiny Taiwan controlled islands just miles off the coast of China, like as Kinmen Island, where Chinese fishing just perished in a failed CCP gray-zone war activity.  ,
President-for-life Xi has whipped the modern-day patriots into a frenzied rage to end the CCP’s initial efforts during the Chinese civil war in an effort to defend his authoritarian rule in China.  , Xi has stated that he wants the CCP’s troops, the People’s Liberation Army, to be prepared to win Taiwan by 2027.  ,
Between 2027 and 2030, the CCP has a chance to attack Taiwan given Xi’s time and the Chinese society’s aging rapidly. In anticipation of this screen, the CCP is watching to see how the Free World reacts to Russia’s blatant violation of Ukraine’s independence.  ,
If we replace Biden’s poor method of not losing with a plan of peace, China will realize that we are not serious about defending the principles we espouse, such as politics, freedom and self-determination. This may bolster the CCP’s aggression toward Taiwan, increasing the likelihood of US-US issue and a possible nuclear conflict.
At first, the CCP’s approach to winning Taiwan might not require a first-person invasion. The CCP has even uncovered the past decade of Russian gray-zone warfare against Ukraine as well as our inability to stand up for Ukraine against blatant Russian aggression.
Prior to the invasion of Crimea in 2022, Russia annexed the country by staging a phony uprising against a pro-European government in Ukraine and annexing Crimea with “little natural people” who wore no insignia but, oddly, spoke Russian and poured out of the Russian naval base in Crimea’s Sevastopol.
Before the Crimea invasion, Russia had long been a part of Ukraine’s private affairs.  , However, as discussed above, the CCP is now engaging in like gray-zone battle around Taiwan.  ,
China has regularly flown military drills around Taiwan to create a blockade of Taiwan and fired missiles into the water from all sides of Taiwan.
China had first attack Kinmen to assess the world’s effect, just like Russia did with Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. China might also establish a siege and challenge the world to take actions.
There is a option, however, that the Trump administration may acquire, one that would established Trump’s policies apart from the weak-kneed Biden policies of drip-drop support for Ukraine while also re-establishing deterrent against authoritarian regional growth.
That alternative is quick, sharp, and devastating NATO air strikes against Soviet priorities in Ukraine with the objective of driving Russia out of Ukraine, including Crimea, by the end of 2025 ( before the US congressional elections ). What can we infer about NATO’s ability to completely destroy the Russian troops from Russia’s ignorant invasion of Ukraine?
Lack of air energy is the main obstacle to Ukraine’s ability to defeat Russia. Ukraine has shown that it is fully capable of occupying and attacking province on the ground. NATO itself would never have been able to do in Ukraine, but it is unable to do so by attacking guarded artillery jobs protected by landmines without first establishing heat dominance.
In advance of a Russian rude, Ukraine may be free of Crimea if NATO provided the airpower and destroyed Russian artillery jobs.
A concern of Russian atomic increase was the only justification the Biden administration used to justify withholding aid that would allow Ukraine to triumph. But, Biden has repeatedly crossed Russian red lines, giving Ukraine more and more innovative equipment without any indication of the country’s growing nuclear arsenal.
Making it clear that the Free World did support democracy and the UN Charter’s concepts of self-determination would be the best course of action in the fight against an expansionist China that wants to invade Taiwan, is more crucial.
A radioactive war with China is avoided by preventing wars over Taiwan. In the end, we may only expect that the Trump administration comprehends that ending the conflict in Ukraine may set the stage for a nuclear conflict with China over Taiwan.
Any Russian withdrawal from Ukraine-held country will encourage China to invade Taiwan, thereby boosting the risk of nuclear conflict. The best way to prevent like a famine is to guarantee Ukraine’s sharp and complete success.
Samuel W King II is a Honolulu attorney.