[DeathArrow]

>Taiwan doesn't have to accept a US deal they don't like.

Unless its leaders and ruling class are owned by US. It wouldn't be the first time US is directing some puppet governments.

[jopsen]

The west isn't full of US puppet governments. That's just propaganda.

Most of us like the US. And we knowingly elect politicians who will promote a good relationship with the US.

[natch]

Kind of a random fact but speaking of “owned by the US” many of the leaders and ruling class hold US citizenship too.