Jonathan Schanzer

“The thing that I watch right now is that Taiwan is clearly the main target for the Chinese Communist Party. They want to reunite with the island, as they would call it, and they're putting enormous pressure on Taiwan with that in mind. The United States needs to stand pat here. We have an enormous amount invested in chips in Taiwan, the Taiwan Semiconductor Company. This is the big one here. And if we're going to win the AI race, we need to maintain control of that company. More importantly, we need to make sure that that island remains secure.”

Jonathan Schanzer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-24

Schanzer warned that Taiwan is the Chinese Communist Party's main target and stressed the need to keep the island secure, citing U.S. investment in Taiwan Semiconductor Company.

“The first is, of course, the provision of drone parts and motors. This has actually helped the Islamic Republic attack all of its neighbors.”

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Schanzer cited Chinese provision of drone parts and motors as a form of assistance to the Iranian regime.

“I think the big thing in the background here is that we're obviously watching great power competition between two of the world's largest economies and largest militaries,”

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Schanzer framed the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting within the context of great power competition between two major economies and militaries.

“In other words, there's a war going on. The Iranians have spiked the price of oil. They have clogged the Strait of Hormuz. They're looking to do the same in the Bab al-Mandab, and they are completely unashamed by this. It's important for Donald Trump to bare his teeth here and to make it clear that the Iranians cannot get this kind of support and that the Chinese government is at risk of escalating with the United States,”

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Schanzer urged Trump to make clear that Iran cannot receive Chinese support and that China risks escalating with the United States.

“When you look at what's happening here, it's pretty clear that the Chinese government is just not ashamed of this at all.”

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Schanzer reacted to the Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers meeting in Beijing.

“The president needs to tell Xi Jinping that this is a dangerous alliance. The Chinese assistance to the Iranian regime has actually spanned a number of fronts,”

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Schanzer urged President Trump to warn Xi Jinping against a dangerous alliance with Iran ahead of a White House meeting.

“On top of that, they've been providing some dual-use chemicals that have been helping the Iranians with their missile program. On top of that, we've watched a lot of targeting that looks a little bit too precise for the Iranian regime. So that looks like it may be helped from the Chinese as well,”

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Schanzer described Chinese dual-use chemicals and possibly aided targeting as further assistance to Iran's missile program.

“On top of that, there's an economic relationship that I think is keeping the Islamic Republic afloat while it continues to hammer away at the oil economy worldwide. These are all things that need to stop. And the hope here is, of course, that Donald Trump is going to make a demand here that Xi Jinping stop all of this,”

Jonathan Schanzer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-24

Schanzer argued that China's economic relationship is keeping Iran afloat and called on Trump to demand Xi stop all such support.