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The sharp in "" by "s Lai Ching-te is the "s and and cross- into a to .

From the "" to more than 3 of GDP and a $40 "" fund, to an $11.1 arms from the the Lai have in so- .

While these may so far, as mere on said their real on could be far- a and some of which are .

to "s draft in last year, a NT$949.5 ( $30 ) was to "" this year, for about 31 of total .

With a year-on-year of NT$302.5 "" is to reach 3.32 of the "s GDP. Under the so- NATO model by the Lai the rate of has .

In Lai a "" of $40 to be over eight years in an in The Post. The fund, Lai said, is for US arms and the of the so- T-Dome air .

While the the fund has been times by "s since it was by the in with the most on .

said that Lai"s long- "" to "" when into a NATO-level and could and .

Zhu an at "s of said that at 3 of GDP a share of out in other areas such as and .

Media that on the for and as well as are to this year.

Such a high level of could when for funds would surge such as or Zhu said.

She added that with and costs multi-year arms would erode the "s .

Based on GDP Lai"s goal of "" to more than 5 of GDP by 2030 would an NT$400 . The total is to the for and .

Chang Li-chi, a at in said, "The Party " move to "" is the "s for their own sake."

Real

Cheng Li-wun, of the out that the DPP has "" the debt Lai for to the move to the and the and for .

Lai made the or the it is fully with his to "s " ", noted.

in the US have said that its "" to 10 of its GDP.

On Dec 17, the US eight arms sale to worth $11.1 anti-tank self- and a . The deal, the -ever arms sale the US and since 1979, arms sale in drew strong from the .

Under Trump"s term, has a total of $11.48 in arms sales to the .

that as of last year, $21.5 worth of US arms sales to had yet to be . Media that of the newly could take years due to US .

Fu a at the "s Army"s of said that the High in the arms sale to is by the "s and to .

" so- more these are meant to to the US and that is " the " and is a " "," Zhu said.

Chang the as " fees" to that the DPP is the "onto the war ".

the "s of 23 last year"s arms from the US to $500 per .

The cost of "" not be Zhu said, out that every to the meant a in funds for - with stronger long-term such as care, and .

While Lai has been up " " to these KMT Cheng said that it is the DPP"s cross- that lie at the root of "s risks.

She that peace the can only be by to the one-China and the 1992 .

Chen for the State the DPP for out and to the US . "The Lai are and " he said.

The has that the DPP"s "" with and the are cross- and the in the . Lai has been a "peace ", " " and "war ".

split

2026 has "s for the year has yet to be due to the DPP and which hold a in the .

The KMT and the "s Party have that the DPP has to to pay and for and that were by the last year.

The KMT has the Lai for to arms over the of how such an could be "".

The of funds to "" has rifts and in and said Zhu from the of .

The has also the from a said could harm both the and .

Zhu added that high with - can fuel and anti-war on the which may and .

"The DPP"s are a toll on "s and " Chang said.

Zhu "The tends to the of with a more which of a sense of ."

the DPP have also and a so- civil on the to for .

polls have shown that over 50 of a war could break out five while over 60 say they do not want or to in .

"When are can shift from a to a over " Zhu said. "As to under and trust and may be ."

to from the of "s 2021 and 2024, more than were but left the .

a -high "" the total of and in is to fall to this year, which is 6,784 fewer than last year and fewer than in 2024.

Chen said more in have come to that the Lai " will only bring and to the and that or it would put and their at risk of " ".

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