國防部：民進黨當局甘當“棋子”終成“棄子”
MND: The DPP Authorities Willingly Serving as a Useful Fool Will Eventually Become an Abandoned Tool
7月30日下午，國防部舉行例行記者會，國防部新聞發言人張曉剛大校答記者問。
記者：據報道，在“漢光41號”演習中，美方派出包括現役和退役軍人在內的觀摩團總數超過400人。請問發言人有何評論？
Question: It's reported that the US side dispatched over 400 observers, including active and retired military officers, to the Han Kuang 41 exercise. May I have your comment on this?
張曉剛：臺灣問題純屬中國內政，不容任何外來干涉。我們堅決反對任何形式的美臺軍事勾連。我們也正告民進黨當局，甘當“棋子”終成“棄子”，妄圖“倚美謀獨”“以武拒統”注定失敗。
Zhang Xiaogang: The Taiwan question is purely an internal affair of China, which brooks no foreign interference. We firmly oppose any forms of military collusion between the US and the Taiwan region. We warn the DPP authorities that a useful fool will eventually become an abandoned tool, and that soliciting US support for "Taiwan independence" and resisting reunification by force will not succeed.