Our ties with US are 'rock solid': Taiwan president after Trump-Xi call

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Taiwan's opposition-controlled parliament has blocked Lai's budget plan, including a $40 billion special defense budget, proposing instead a much smaller defense spending plan.
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37% : The arms sales are also facing pushback from Taiwan's opposition KMT party and some of its population, along with a proposed increase of defense spending to 3.3% of Taiwan's gross domestic product.
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