Taiwan called Trump....LOL...Again, the media lies!!!!!
What are the Chinese going to do a second time? Launch a nuclear missile or withdraw their plastic toasters from Walmart? I wait with baited breath.
Hey Wang, which side are you on?
~smile~ rookie mistake. ;)
What can President Trump do to help the legitimate Chinese government retake control of the rebel mainland provinces?
Christine Wang is a fake journalist.
Trump’s call WAS NOT “to Taiwan” but “from Taiwan”.
Ha ha ha.
It’s a message.
No more Communist China.
Reagan got rid of the Soviets, time to get rid of the ChiComs.
The hysteria surrounding this sounds exactly like when Reagan said the USSR was an evil empire.
Reagan was stupid, or naive, didn’t understand delicate diplomacy etc...
Among other things....tariffs,perhaps.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 23 hours ago
Interesting how the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call.
No mistake. We are allied with Taiwan, not the Chicoms.
China doesn’t really want an adversarial relationship with the US. They have too much at stake, such as their business viability.
The US is importing a lot of things from China.
Irritating the Chicoms is long overdue.
The only group of people int he world who ACT more offended than liberal progressives when you don’t do EXACTLY as they demand and script are the officials of the Chinese government, complete with their uber short-mans disease.
Maybe a state dinner with the President of Taiwan is in order.
Trump and the Taiwan Call
Scott Adams’ Blog ^ | December 3, 2016 | Scott Adams
Posted on 12/3/2016, 5:10:54 PM by 2ndDivisionVet
By now you know that President Elect Trump took a call from the President of Taiwan and simultaneously lit on fire the underpants of the mainstream media and maybe the leadership of China too.
Apparently taking a phone call from the president of Taiwan is a major diplomatic change from the so-called “One China Policy” that imagines Taiwan as a rogue province of China, not its own country. Reports are saying this call was planned, not a mistake on the Trump team’s side.
Was this a mistake by Trump?
If you look at this call through the filter of normal politics it is clearly a mistake. It provokes the Chinese leadership and gains nothing obvious in return. The media is reporting this event as exactly the sort of thing that leads to nuclear annihilation. This is the same mainstream media that got everything wrong about Trump for the past year.
But if you look at this situation through the filter of a Master Persuader, it makes perfect sense. Trump is “setting the table” for future negotiations with China. He just subtracted something from China’s brand that they value, and later he will negotiate with them to maybe give it back in some fashion. Probably in return for some trade concessions.
But what about the risk? Does it ever make sense to poke a nuclear power? In this case, probably yes. As I have said in this blog before, China’s leadership is both mature and competent. Many of them have engineering degrees. They understand what Trump is doing, and none of it is a path to war because neither side has any interest in war. None. Zero.
I can imagine some scenarios in which China and the U.S. might dangerously escalate toward war, but one friendly call to a major trading partner isn’t one of the scenarios.
But why take that call now? Shouldn’t Trump have cleared this with Obama, or waited until he was President?
No. Because the Obama administration would have advised him not to do it. And waiting until January is the way old politics is done. This sort of bold, rapid action is evidently what Trump wants you to think is his brand as president. The Taiwan call is consistent with the New CEO Play that I described in this post. He’s setting the tone as bold, effective, and not waiting for red tape to slow him down.
Don’t worry about China going to war over a phone call. They understand Trump, in part because they read my blog too. And look at the brilliance of China’s diplomatic response. Their Foreign Minister labelled the phone call, “a shenanigan by the Taiwan side.“ That is exquisite diplomatic framing, Master Persuader-style. You can see why China and Trump respect each other; they both earned it.
Mutual respect is a safe place to be. Relax. Adults are in charge.
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CNBCBS. China definitely does not regard DJT a rookie or they would have to regard the USA as a rookie on the political scene.
FCNBC.
Since when does another country tell OUR PRESIDENT who they can receive calls from?
Get the popcorn - This is gonna be a fun 4-8 years -
Trump doesn’t need permission from China to call Taiwan. He doesn’t need the approval of the presstitutes either.
Idiots.
Dear Christine,
We forgive you for your rookie mistake.
In time you will understand and learn how to cover Trump.
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