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Wow: Trump becomes first president-elect to speak to leader of Taiwan since 1979
HotAir ^ | 12/02/2016 | Allahpundit

Posted on 12/02/2016 11:44:19 PM PST by Trump20162020

Two questions. One: Who initiated the call? And two: Did he understand the significance of what he was doing when it happened?

Not sure about the answer to the first question. I’ve got a guess about the second.

Donald Trump risks opening up a major diplomatic dispute with China before he has even been inaugurated after speaking on the phone on Friday with Tsai Ying-wen, the president of Taiwan.

Trump’s spokesman also confirmed that the call happened. The U.S. maintains unofficial relations with Taiwan but hasn’t conducted official diplomacy since the end of Carter’s administration, as a concession to maintaining good relations with China. Not even Reagan or the “cowboy” Dubya risked antagonizing the Chinese by breaking with that protocol of “ambiguity.” Trump speaking to Tsai will be taken as a signal, intended or not, that the U.S. disputes Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan.

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: china; donaldtrump; taiwan; trump; trumpchina; trumptransition
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1 posted on 12/02/2016 11:44:19 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

It’s about time an American President stuck his finger in the eye of the Chinese communist thugs.


2 posted on 12/02/2016 11:47:56 PM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: Trump20162020

The Taiwan PM initiated the call....according to a Trump Tweet.


3 posted on 12/02/2016 11:50:35 PM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: Trump20162020
Regarding your second question

Yes...and was probably after his Bolton meeting.

It's too late for me to check the timelines now.

4 posted on 12/02/2016 11:52:33 PM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: Trump20162020

Who made the call only matters to the China.

It really does not matter WHO made the call.

What kind of nonsense is this from Hot Air?

Is Hot Air representing America or communist China?


5 posted on 12/02/2016 11:55:55 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Trump20162020

All the reason why I tuned out of Hot Air too many moons ago.

They are Globalist first then conservatives. I don’t believe in Globalist. They are full of crap.


6 posted on 12/02/2016 11:57:49 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Trump20162020
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump · 7h7 hours ago

The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you!

*****

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump · 6h6 hours ago

Interesting how the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call.

7 posted on 12/03/2016 12:00:28 AM PST by nralife
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To: Trump20162020

She called.

That’s not necessarily the same as initiating it.

Two. He knew. Of course.

Inside baseball. Prince Rebus is good friends with Stephen Yates. Yates happens to be in Taiwan.

I can’t say enough how great this is that Trump did this.


8 posted on 12/03/2016 12:12:56 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Enlightened1

Allahpundit is a huge never trump guy...HUGE.


9 posted on 12/03/2016 12:23:15 AM PST by Dog (..."I'm just a cook....")
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To: Dog

Well there you go. That explains it.


10 posted on 12/03/2016 12:24:35 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt

The Chinese are saying it’s no big deal. The media and career diplomats are the ones most upset about it.


11 posted on 12/03/2016 12:25:23 AM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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Glad to know China is saying no big deal.

Yes, the leftists and pundits are having a hissy fit about this call.


12 posted on 12/03/2016 12:34:31 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: Trump20162020

The Reds can’t tell anyone who they may or may not speak to. “Diplomacy” or not.


13 posted on 12/03/2016 12:46:54 AM PST by Thumper1960 (Trump-2016)
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To: Trump20162020

Allahpundit is a massive never trumper. Everything post on Trump he ever does is 100% negative. It’s irritating and it’s probably losing them traffic.


14 posted on 12/03/2016 3:44:55 AM PST by jimnm
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To: Trump20162020

It seems that a lot of people are unable to control their anguish over the Trump victory and in their desparation their true colours are now coming out.

I suspect that the Chinese have more sense than Hot Air.


15 posted on 12/03/2016 3:47:14 AM PST by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Trump20162020

An American President must be willing to speak to any other nations leader when they reach out. Screw China.


16 posted on 12/03/2016 3:54:34 AM PST by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: Trump20162020
Trump to Taiwan - "You can approach me and we can talk."

Trump to China - "If you have something to say, you can come to me, and be polite or get sent to the corner."

17 posted on 12/03/2016 4:27:47 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Trump20162020
Let me see......China takes over a disputed atoll hundreds of miles from its shores, and builds a military base on it, while Obama huddles in fear in the Oval Office. Meanwhile, Trump receives a congratulatory phone call from the president of Taiwan.

Who committed the biggest diplomatic blunder?

18 posted on 12/03/2016 5:03:55 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (always)
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To: Freedom'sWorthIt
It’s about time an American President stuck his finger in the eye of the Chinese communist thugs.

I hope he goes one step further and has a US Navy ship make a port of call in Kaohsiung.

19 posted on 12/03/2016 5:12:07 AM PST by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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Maybe Trump should return the bust of Chairman Mao that Obama put in place of the bust of Churchill in the Oval Office...


20 posted on 12/03/2016 5:19:04 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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