Posted on 12/02/2016 6:14:03 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President-elect Donald J. Trump has broken with decades of diplomatic practice in freewheeling calls with foreign leaders.
Dec. 2
Mr. Trump talks to the president of Taiwan, becoming the first U.S. president or president-elect to do so since 1979.
Why it matters
The call with President Tsai Ing-wen risks infuriating China, which considers Taiwan a breakaway province governed by Chinese rebels. By honoring the Taiwanese president with a formal call, Mr. Trump’s transition team implicitly suggests that it considers Taiwan an independent state. The U.S. has declined to recognize Taiwan since 1979, when it shifted recognition to the government in Beijing. Taiwan itself has yet to declare formal independence.
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Best election ever!
There simply isn’t going to be enough Popcorn to handle the Trump Administration!
I’m not tired of winning...the liberals are getting an education in losing.
So, since 1979 we’ve been acting like Taiwan officially does not exist. Gotta love ol’ Jimmy Carter! /sarcasm
Actually, there’s option “B” ... that the ChiCom junta in Beijing is illegitimate...
The way they're a carrying on here, you'd think Trump was cozyin' up to the Cubans or something.
“Rebels” against a Communist regime?
As though that’s a bad thing?
It’s going to be a lot of fun for the next 4 to 8 years! i approve of the Taiwan call. No harm will come from it and probably a lot of good considering the problems China is making.
TRUMP responded to a congratulatory phone call from an American friendly President. VERY DIPLOMATIC. VERY GRACIOUS.
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I guess they don’t get it. The game has a new set of rules.
Winning! I. STILL. AM. NOT. TIRED. OF. WINNING.
Talking is the ultimate form of diplomacy.....
Protocols and rules are just window dressing for the policy wonks at the State Department....
The world leaders are calling Trump. Not the other way around.
Funniest ever, thx.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has broken with decades of traditional campaigning too. And Democrats got shellacked.
They are reeling and their panic is limitless.
Update: @realDonaldTrump tweets that the Taiwan leader CALLED HIM to congratulate.
“I guess they don’t get it. The game has a new set of rules.”
Exactly. Trump is going to do things his way. Not the old “to get along” way. There is a new Sheriff in town and the libs such as the NYT cannot come to grips with it.
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