He had no business acting as a U.S. diplomat here.
He’s not part of the government and hasn’t been for decades.
I’ve been moderately supportive of Kissinger over the years, but this is unacceptable.
The Trump team will develop foreign policy, and he is quite capable of making his thoughts clear, even to China.
Kissinger should get a visit when he returns.
The Kissinger visit had to be well underway before the Taiwan phone call, and Trump met with Kissinger very recently. I strongly suspect Trump and Kissinger are working this together. There is a long tradition of presidents using informal channels of pvt citizens. Sure, Trump is still President-elect, but he has every right to start building his international relationships in his own way. I’m not worried.