US Democratic Congressman Morton recently proposed "blowing up TSMC" at a think tank seminar. One stone stirred up a thousand waves, so "friendly to Taiwan" that the Taiwanese people "exploded".

Some netizens commented, "Do you need enemies if you have such 'friends'?" "All this is for the interests of the United States, and has nothing to do with defending Taiwan," said one Taiwanese commentator. "TSMC, which we regard as protecting the sacred mountain, is just a tool that can be discarded and sacrificed at any time," said another.