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Bolton on Trump's Taiwan Call: China Doesn't Tell Us Who We Can Talk To
Fex News ^ | December 3, 2016

Posted on 12/04/2016 11:57:04 AM PST by kevcol

Therefore, Trump's discussion with Tsai has been seen by some as a breach of protocol, but Bolton disagreed:

"Nobody in Beijing gets to dictate who we talk to. It's ridiculous to think that the phone call upsets decades of anything."

He noted Taiwan, with a population of 20 million, has a democratic government, a free press and a free-market economic system.

(Excerpt) Read more at insider.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bolton; china; johnbolton; trump; trumpchina
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To: Cobra64

“Furthermore, Trump did not initiate the call.
Trump was the recipient of the call”

FYI, it was planned that way. This was not an unscripted error. It was planned. Trump’s people are evil geniuses or is it Genii?

LOL


61 posted on 12/04/2016 2:06:09 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: kevcol

Thank you. What are we a battered wife with a controlling husband who tells us to whom we can and cannot speak? Not.


62 posted on 12/04/2016 2:06:56 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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To: kevcol

Exactly correct.

The Chinese have gotten used to obama’s cringing and crawling.


63 posted on 12/04/2016 2:15:46 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Autonomous User

“Bull” Bolton!


64 posted on 12/04/2016 2:20:36 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: mupcat

I’ve read Trump’s tweet which he wrote on the 2nd of Dec., and he says “The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today....... Couldn’t be plainer than that.
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True, but his team could have told her it was OK for her to make the call


65 posted on 12/04/2016 2:20:39 PM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: DoughtyOne

It is embarrassing to know that Chinese guy saw Obama for exactly who he was at that moment.

So did everyone else he bowed to.
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Far too many have seen the top of obama’s head. They won’t get the same view of Trump!


66 posted on 12/04/2016 2:23:33 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: wiseprince
I wonder if his shtick is peace through strength. Project toughness, strength, the ‘don't mess with us’ to avoid conflicts. Reminds me of the big banner at the entrance to Fairchild AFB in 76' that read, "Peace is our Profession." Was a B-52 base at the time.

Anyway, Bolton certainly comes across as having the interpersonal one on one skills to ‘present our case’ as it were. He always looks serious but has a sense of humor.

He strikes me as a 'Trump kind of guy', the kind he would respect.

67 posted on 12/04/2016 2:23:34 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Autonomous User
Bolton needs a cool nickname like Gen. Mathis’.
How about Secretary of State . . . that has a nice ring to it.
68 posted on 12/04/2016 2:24:57 PM PST by rhubarbk (I have great stamina . . . not tired of winning yet.)
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To: 60Gunner
Bolton needs a cool nickname like Gen. Mathis

Hammer

69 posted on 12/04/2016 2:25:29 PM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: kevcol
He would be an excellent choice for SOS. What a nice change to have a rational and logical person, and someone looking out for US interests. And my understanding is that he has been loyal since the primaries, unlike the Never Trumpers like Romney and the faithful friend but half-hearted Guilliani. And Rand Paul says he'd vote against Bolton but he would vote for Corker?? what a joke.

This sum sit up well:
Establishmentarians fear Bolton won’t go along with their agenda. When he was ambassador to the United Nations, Bolton broke the status quo and demanded to see change on the institution’s much-maligned record and progress on human rights. He rebuked the authority of the U.N.’s so-called Human Rights Council, which is, in reality, an institution for the world’s dictators to shield themselves from repercussion. - See more at: why-secretary-of-state-contender-john-bolton-strikes-fear-in-the-hearts-of-establishmentarians

70 posted on 12/04/2016 2:25:40 PM PST by Ymani Cricket (Pressure makes diamonds - General Patton)
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To: MayflowerMadam
. . The adults are back in charge (will be soon, that is). I’m so relieved!

I kept saying that in the wee hours of November 9. . My wife was getting sick of that and . . "We sure dodged a bullet." . . kept saying over and over. I still get choked up when I think of that long night. The future of the whole world on the line. . Whew. . Thank you God!

To shake you in your boots. . Can you just imagine the Cabinet Hillary would be choosing? OMG, just gives me the willies. . We dodged a bullet, Yessiree.

71 posted on 12/04/2016 2:29:29 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: rhubarbk

“How about Secretary of State . . . that has a nice ring to it.”

Nah...too many Clinton/Kerryish. They sullied that title for years to come..


72 posted on 12/04/2016 2:40:07 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Mollypitcher1

I think you’re right on target there.


73 posted on 12/04/2016 3:12:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: Art in Idaho

Yeah; we were saying the “dodged a bullet” thing, too.

As I was getting into the car headed for church tonight I started to laugh and almost couldn’t stop. Told DH that here Hillary stuck with Bill through years of womanizing and other crap just because of that deal that he’d repay her by getting her the Presidency. AND SHE DIDN’T GET IT! HaHaHaHa. She did all that and got a big fat NOTHIN’! I love that so much.


74 posted on 12/04/2016 4:48:52 PM PST by MayflowerMadam
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To: kevcol

If Trump chose Bolton, it would be like having two Trump’s.


75 posted on 12/04/2016 5:32:27 PM PST by Crucial
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To: kevcol

Bolton definitely need to have a seat in the Trump administration.


76 posted on 12/04/2016 7:22:21 PM PST by Amish with an attitude
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To: NRx
I generally detest Bolton as one of the neo-cons who dragged us into this endless series of overseas wars and military adventurism with all the attendant catastrophic consequences.
77 posted on 12/04/2016 7:44:23 PM PST by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: Cobra64
Why didn’t you copy all in your post on this thread?

Sorry, don't understand your question---are you asking why didn't I include all of Trump's tweet? If so didn't seem necessary since it was rather obvious.

78 posted on 12/05/2016 9:31:01 AM PST by mupcat
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To: mupcat

When responding to a poster, you can add “all” and all who posted comments on that thread will be copied.


79 posted on 12/05/2016 10:23:05 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Cobra64

Thanks Cobra64, I did not know that, or perhaps just didn’t notice it. I went back and looked at all on this thread and saw one person who did that, so I’ll use this suggestion in the future.


80 posted on 12/05/2016 10:45:49 AM PST by mupcat
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