Posted on 12/03/2016 12:16:42 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
One of the chief concerns of President-elect Donald Trump's detractors during the presidential campaign was that the brash and notoriously loose-lipped real estate executive wouldn't be able to handle the delicate balancing act that is diplomacy. It's one thing to make wild claims domestically; it's another to inflame a fellow world power with a careless word or two.
Today, a fellow world power — China — is inflamed.
And Trump's controversial conversation with Taiwan's leader, which broke nearly four decades of protocol when it comes to U.S.-China relations, harks back to another controversial bit of diplomacy: Trump's first big foreign visit as the Republican nominee to Mexico.
That visit erupted into a major political problem for Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, and by the end of it, the two sides were offering different versions of what had happened. Similarly, Trump and Taiwan seem to be at-odds about precisely what just occurred.
Back in August, Trump claimed after a meeting with Peña Nieto that the they hadn't discussed Trump's plan to somehow force Mexico to pay for his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Peña Nieto and his staff quickly differed with that account, saying he had told Trump that Mexico wouldn't pay for the wall.
“To the Compost, ‘diplomacy’ occurs whenever the United States surrenders.”
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Today, a fellow world power — China — is inflamed...
I couldn’t give a flying ####.
Like I said before, China explicitly blamed Taiwan. Said NOTHING about Trump.
Go #### yourselves Wa Post. You’re finished.
Well said, lol!
The Washington Post has lowered itself over the years.
It was selective over who to issue outrage against.
It quit making any pretense that it was even handed.
It has now quit trying to even make sense.
It is worthless to read.
It’s a laughing stock.
Hmmmm. I don’t recall having any fears about his diplomacy. I wonder who it is that has those fears.
Most Americans—whatever their political views—understand that Trump is a unique figure in American politics. Most want the best for our country and are willing to wait and see what he will do. But increasingly, people with this common sense understanding of our current political situation have nowhere to turn for evenhanded coverage of our President-elect.
Journalists who want to do their job—to report the truth as objectively as possible—would be wise to calm down and give Trump a chance.
The above is the closing statement in this oped: Don’t Be Played By The Liberal Media: An Open Letter to All Minorities
Townhall.com ^ | December 3, 2016 | Harry R. Jackson, Jr
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3501079/posts
One China policy is obsolete.
Three Communiques are obsolete.
Pretending Taiwan is not a country is stupid and counter-productive and only increases chances for conflict and harms the economy.
Washington Post is ossified.
The lib butthurt in the comments is deep.
Ha Ha Ha!
Oh my GOD! We didn’t follow the rules exactly as the Chinese said we must!
(by the way, did they do just what we said in this island building and territorial grab they’ve been doing? Or did they flip us the finger and ignore us?)
Opinion masquerading as news.
FU WP.
5.56mm
No WAPO. “Prissy” is not an admirable diplomatic quality. It is, however, an attitude pandered excessively by fraudulent and incompetent twits like Kerry and Clinton.
NYT and WaPo - dumb and dumber. Two bigger frauds of a newspaper would be hard to find in the USA. The more they keep up with their anti-Trump fake news, the more Americans will come to realize that both publications have absolutely no credibility. Apparently, neither has learned anything from their failed presidential campaign fraudulent reporting.
You heard it here first: “One” China will fall apart under Trump’s watch just as the Soviet Union did under Reagan. The trade imbalance has propped them up as a shell for too long, their populace is spoiled, wealthy are all capitalists, Christianity is growing rapidly, and communism is becoming increasingly overbearing and irrelevant.
What the WDC elite consider poor diplomacy skills, may of us consider brilliant.
The only think not being normalized is the Washington Post as a news source with any credibly.
Washington Post is an unhinged crazy shop of micro aggressed espresso addicted super special stupid low lifes.
America’s trailer trash. ...with all due respect to America’s vast Trailer community dwellers.
Trump is our president, he’s my president and he is perfect for America. Normalized.
The MSM is the Country’s greatest threat.
When the Trump fascist dictatorship fails to emerge, the press and the Dems will have lost all credibility for a generation.
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