Posted on 08/02/2022 7:58:33 AM PDT by Morgana
Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday amid warnings from a furious Beijing that any U.S. politician visiting the island nation will 'come to no good end' if they 'play with fire.'
Her Air Force plane - with its distinctive blue and white colors and American flag on the tail - touched down in Taipei at 10:45 pm local time.
The Chinese, meanwhile, backed up their words with a shore of force.
As the speaker's Air Force C40 approached Taipei, Chinese Air Force Su-35 fighter jets were crossing the Taiwan Straits, local media outlets reported.
And chilling footage shared on Chinese social network Weibo appears to show amphibious tanks on the coast of Fujian along the Taiwan Strait. Further footage shows military equipment on the move in the city of Xiamen.
But Taiwan gave Pelosi a warm welcome. The island's tallest building, TAIPEI 101, lit up with a welcome message for Speaker Pelosi and supporters held welcome signs out of the hotel she will reportedly stay in.
Pelosi is the highest-ranking U.S. elected official to visit Taiwan since 1997. The White House is aware of her location.
'The speaker's flying aboard a military aircraft so we'll know,' spokesman John Kirby said at Monday's press briefing when asked how the White House would know if Pelosi touched down in Taiwain.
The speaker's Air Force jet left the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. The site later crashed after 300,000 people tried to chart Pelosi's journey.
Beijing earlier warned that the United States will 'pay the price' if Pelosi visits Taiwan while Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that those U.S. politicians who 'play with fire' on the Taiwan issue will 'come to no good end'.
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Does anyone know what Pelosi’s stated reason is for going there?
This came out somewhere yesterday. How do we know she is actually in Taiwan? Where is nancy? I smell collusion to benefit Democrat traitors and China.
“Various lodgings in midtown Taipei have been reserved for her delegation, and it looks as though she has left Taiwan out of her itinerary according to an official statement she put out on Sunday when she initially announced the trip.
However, the trip will include the visitation to Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.”
Auntie Nana’s trip to Taiwan is Absolut-ly fabulous.
Regrettably, I agree with you.
Your hysteria is noted. Try Midol for cramps.
If a Republican had done this the networks would all be blasting “Act of war” “Provocation!” etc.
“Republicans and Democrats, thanks to Free Trade, have made China a powerful nation. “
Yes this is true. And its shameful American manufacturing was given away to China. This MUST change.
“They will retaliate to this unnecessary, reckless provocation and publicity stunt. “
No this isn’t true. Standing up to Communist thugs is the right thing to do. If we don’t, our nation has no virtue. We like a sad old irrelevant person sitting with with their head in hands staring at the ground .
We stand for freedom, we don’t take orders from Communist dictators. Screw China.
“Just wait for her coronation when she comes home, just in time for the midterms. “
Will she try to take advantage of this? Maybe. But its our job to remind people of her other behavior.
If Pelosi does the right thing one time and then we conservatives think we have lost and no comeback, we are pathetic.
Nancy wants to be first woman president and hide the wrongdoings of the leftist dems via war and no elections.
Not as much as you would think. Each 'family' gets a percentage.
Pelosi family, Biden family, Obama family, Bush family, Kerry family, Graham family, Schiff family, Schumer family, CIA, Blackrock, FBI, 80 some other members of Congress, and several 1000 SSRE's.
Right now Nancy is the closest thing we have to a national leader. Neither Joe Stolen nor “Que mala” Harris seem to be up to the job.
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are you joking?
She has put her state into hell.
She is a leftist totalitarian
She has milked the country of money and payola.
IF this is leadership to you, please leave, you belong in South America or Africa
China most assuredly will retaliate and if anyone thinks sending Nancy Pelosi into a foreign policy maelstrom is standing up to China, they're on a different page than I am.
Are there any more countries the US Empire can provoke into thermonuclear war for no reason whatsoever? Two in one year is weak.
/s
Well it is a low bar.
Lol you’re so embarrassed because your Russian friends are dying by the tens of thousands.
So now you’ve switched to the Chicoms.
You can drown with your communist friends.
Saw a motorcade through a street to an underground parking garage supposedly beneath the hotel where she’ll stay. A LOT of cars in the motorcade. Had to make her feel pretty IMPORTANT...Sickening!
Daily mail had a headline that we sent 5 fighter jets.
pelosi wasting a lot of money
American Empire?
Drop dead you communist dupe.
Really is this all FR can get now? Fools and traitors who support Russia AND Communist China against the United States?
China is not stupid enough to bite/antagonize the hand which feeds them. ;-)
Media hype is everywhere.....even in Taiwan! LOL
Are you kidding? Nanc didn’t know what was going on. She just wanted to get out of town to ignore Paul’s court appearance.
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