The Kissinger visit had to be well underway before the Taiwan phone call, and Trump met with Kissinger very recently. I strongly suspect Trump and Kissinger are working this together. There is a long tradition of presidents using informal channels of pvt citizens. Sure, Trump is still President-elect, but he has every right to start building his international relationships in his own way. I’m not worried.
It wasn’t my concern that Trump might be using him, but more importantly that Kissinger was going there without consultation.
If they are working together, my opposition is not warranted.
You won’t catch me trashing Trump or his early tactics.
We need to be unified right now, and trashing him or his methods is just ignorant right now.