> Americans aren’t going to die en masse over some random island in the pacific OP is saying that Taiwan is "some small random island" from the point of view o

> Americans aren’t going to die en masse over some random island in the pacific OP is saying that Taiwan is "some small random island" from the point of view of most Americans, its merits notwithstanding. And given everything the current Trump administration has done so far (which suggests that they view alliances, promises, and treaties in extremely transactional terms), it doesn't seem unfair or unreasonable to assume that they share this view too.