As the U.S. votes for its next president, people in Taipei share their thoughts on the election and candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
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00:00What does the U.S. mean to me?
00:02It's a familiar foreign country.
00:04I think the U.S. has been an important ally for Taiwan for a long time.
00:08To put it bluntly,
00:10the most important ally in the Western world,
00:12even though it's not a diplomatic ally,
00:14but the most influential ally,
00:16and the most influential ally for Asia-Pacific peace,
00:18is the U.S.
00:19I think the U.S. is an important military presence for us.
00:24And it's the world's largest economy,
00:27so it has an impact on our economic system.
00:29I don't know much about the U.S.,
00:31but I know that they make a lot of military money.
00:35I'm more impressed with Trump.
00:37If he were to be elected,
00:39the military pressure and tension in Taiwan
00:43would be stronger than it is now.
00:45Because he's a more radical president.
00:48As for the other Democratic candidate,
00:51I don't really follow him,
00:53so I have a vague impression of him.
00:54I think Trump is more of a right-wing, right?
00:57He might be a little soft-spoken.
01:02As for Trump,
01:04to a certain extent,
01:06he represents the image and character of a real American.
01:10Although I don't agree with some of his ideas and ideas,
01:13I think he can represent the local Americans.
01:18I think it's hard for Trump to be trusted.
01:21And I don't know what he really believes in.
01:26I think he likes to talk about which country should pay him.
01:29He always feels that other countries owe the U.S. a lot.
01:33Relatively speaking,
01:35He Jin-li is more like a normal politician.
01:37He won't make these words so clear.
01:40I think there may be a big change in East Asia.
01:43Of course, it's Trump's election.
01:45He's actually a very typical
01:47U.S. presidential candidate.
01:50So all of his considerations
01:52will of course be based on the U.S. itself.
01:54As for Taiwan itself,
01:57I think its competitiveness with China will be more obvious.
02:02We are in the middle of this.
02:04Taiwan will definitely be affected.
02:07I think it's Trump's current position.
02:10Maybe China will be more reluctant to move around.
02:14The impact on Taiwan may be more direct.
02:16China won't make too big a move.
02:18I think if Trump is elected,
02:20there may be more of this.
02:22If the U.S. doesn't give me money,
02:24or if the U.S. doesn't give me power,
02:26should I change my international relations policy?
02:30People often say that
02:32China will protect us if it comes to the U.S.
02:35But if the U.S. prioritizes its own country,
02:38they may not protect us.
02:41If we find that we can't hold on,
02:45we may not be helped too much.
02:47It's possible.
02:48As the CCP slowly rises,
02:50I think Taiwan's national defense,
02:52whether it's the people or the government,
02:54our military and national defense,
02:56should pay more attention to this.
02:58And we should be confident.
03:00Whoever is elected, we should pay more attention to this.
03:02I think the main idea is that
03:04we have such a reliable friend.
03:06But I think Taiwanese can still...
03:08We still need to rely on ourselves.
03:10That's it.