From the mid-term defeat to Huang Renxun's storm, scholar Du Shengcong: Trump "encircled Wei to save Zhao" and Taiwan cannot stay out of the matter

From the midterm defeat to the Huang Renxun storm, Du Shengcong, a communication scholar at Ming Chuan University, believes that Taiwan will not be able to stay out of Trump's "encirclement of Wei and rescue of Zhao". (Taken from Du Shengcong’s Facebook)

In the U.S. midterm elections on November 3, the Republican Party was defeated. The House of Representatives has lost more than 40 seats and the Senate has lost at least 7 seats. The Democratic Party will control both the House of Representatives and the Senate from January next year. At this time, another scandal broke out about the extramarital affair between Huida CEO Huang Renxun and a Chinese female spy. Du Shengcong, a communication scholar at Mingchuan University, believed that this was an attempt by US President Trump to "encircle Wei and save Zhao." Taiwan could not stay out of the incident at this time, and the subsequent effects and impacts still need to be observed.

Du Shengcong analyzed that the two things are intertwined. On November 7, Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the Democratic Party, accusing the other party of "blackmailing" government officials and Republican donors with impeachment and punishment. On the other hand, Trump has publicly supported Huang Jen-Hsun for two days in a row, saying that he is an "upright man" who has "made amazing contributions to the country." He also said that Huang Jen-Hsun does not have to worry about the FBI and is willing to take him with him on his trip to Asia next week. He believes that this is Trump's "surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao." For Trump, the "Zhao" that needs to be defended most is his policy network with the technology industry and China, and Huang Renxun is the core figure of this network.

He believes that Trump’s tactical logic is very clear, which is to replace defense with offense, redefine conflicts, and then shift the main battlefield to the diplomatic and administrative powers that he can dominate alone. This approach has worked repeatedly against companies and the media in the past. But the Jen-Hsun Huang case changed the situation. It ties "corruption" and "national security", the two most lethal issues, together, and also creates different voices within the Republican Party. There are four things worth observing next, namely the results of the investigation by the FBI and Huida’s board of directors. There is also whether Huang Renxun will accompany him to attend Shenzhen APEC, and whether chip exports will be put on the negotiation table. Is the Justice Department actually opening a case against Democratic lawmakers? On national security issues, Republican lawmakers will choose to side with Trump or side with Congress.

He believes that for Taiwanese readers, this is not just American political gossip. Huang Renxun is a key figure in the global AI supply chain. The US-China chip policy and the timing of the US$14 billion arms sales to Taiwan may be affected by this attack and defense. The outcome of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao will ultimately be determined by whether the United States can maintain the separation of powers.