Posted on March 15, 2021. Three days ago, the Joe Biden administration released its “Interim National Security Strategy Guidance,” emphasizing that the United States will support Taiwan as a democratic country and economic and security partner. The news came like a golden branch of hope to Democratic Progressive Party supporters, who had been depressed for the past several months; they have completely forgotten about the wrong bet they had placed, as though possessed, for almost the entirety of last year. What’s interesting to note is that Executive Yuan President Su Tseng-chang also acknowledged in an interview that people had been ridiculing the government for placing the wrong bet. Clearly unimpressed with Su’s wry words, Chao Shao-kang* countered that “the DPP bet on Donald Trump in the first place ― is placing a wrong bet something to be happy about?”