Tucker Carlson: the US is not going to defend Taiwan

The US is not going to defend and cannot. defend Taiwan. Now. >> not defend? >> I don't know should. I don't That's not. the. >> I'm I'm asking you to lay out what you. think a coherent. >> we've reached the limits of our power. and power has limits. Like that's. another thing just to keep in mind. Power's not infinite. You can squander. it. And uh and we're in the process of doing. that. >> about Japan and South Korea? >> Oh man, it's hard. I don't understand. exactly how that's going to go at all. from an American perspective. But like. in the end big powers want to and get to.

control their regions. We have something. called the Monroe Doctrine. This is. another problem I had with Russia. It's like Russia of course is going to. demand influence in Ukraine. And you. could say, "Oh, it's a sovereign. country. They can't have any influence. there.". Be real. A big power wants to control. hopefully in a non-brutal, enlightened. way, but they want some influence over. their neighbors. We can no longer be the. sole author of terms, of commerce, of. anything. We have to share power. >> With China?

>> With Of course. Because of their scale. And so there's got to be a. non-destructive way to do this.