But a great way to initiate high level talks without raising too much smoke from China... a curious event.
Beware the Guns of August—in Asia
How to Keep U.S.-Chinese Tensions From Sparking a War
By Kevin Rudd
August 3, 2020
...The United States has responded to this changing Chinese posture with increasing levels of aggression. Its declaratory policy has made plain that 35 years of strategic engagement are over and that a new, and as yet not fully defined, era of strategic competition has begun.
Diplomatically, it has unleashed a human rights offensive over Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Xinjiang. It has launched a trade, technology, and talent war, and the beginnings of a finance war as well.
And the two country’s armed forces have been engaged in an increasingly aggressive game of push and shove on the high seas, in the air, and in cyberspace. ...snip...
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-08-03/beware-guns-august-asia
I think POTUS is eventually going to recognize Taiwan as an independent Country. China thinks Taiwan belongs to the mainland — just like Hong Kong. About 90% of citizens of Taiwan do not agree. Big BOOMs from exploding CCP heads.