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Trump's defense policy pick once called for the US to destroy TSMC if China takes Taiwan

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Elbridge Colby, a Harvard and Yale Law graduate, was part of the first Trump administration.

He served as Trump 's deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development from 2017 to 2018 .

Colby called for the destruction of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's chip plants if China takes over Taiwan .