Commentary Even in the last days before former U.S. President Donald Trump left the White House, with many things on his mind, he still thought of protecting the people of Taiwan by declassifying the U.S. Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific (henceforth, the Framework). The security document highlights Taiwan’s role in combating the Chinese regime’s military aggression, and is part of the Trump administration’s broader national security policy first disclosed in 2017, in which he called for a “free and open Indo-Pacific.” The key points of the Framework are as follows: “Deter China from using military force against the United States and U.S. allies or partners and develop the capabilities and concepts to defeat Chinese actions across the spectrum of conflict. … [D]evise and implement a defense strategy capable of, but not limited to: (1) denying China sustained air and sea dominance inside the ‘first island chain’ in a conflict; (2) …