Donald Trump is once again president of the United States. His previous foreign policies started a trade war with China and raised questions over the U.S.' commitments to allies in the region. Now, many are wondering what his foreign policy on Taiwan will be.

The billionaire behind Tesla has significant business interests in China and has previously described himself as “kind of pro-China”. He could be at odds with a number of China hawks in the second Trump administration, and may even be labelled a national security risk due to his connections to the second-largest economy in the world.

Taiwan has long relied on US support to defend itself against China. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Karishma Vaswani explains why that trust must evolve now that President Donald Trump has returned. (Sou