Posted on 12/04/2016 2:13:36 PM PST by quesney
"It is ridiculous to think that a phone call upsets decades of anything," he said. "But I do think it is important that people understand that the President of the United States should talk to whoever he wants, if he thinks it is in the interests of the U.S. Nobody in Beijing gets to dictate who we talk to. My view has been for some time that we should be upgrading our relations with Taiwan, and I know that is going to caus heartburn in Beijing, but it is a reality."
"This is a nation of over 20 million people. They have a Democratic government, a free press, free market. They meet all the customary international law definitions of statehood. So when a democratically elected leader calls the president, I say you bet he takes the call."
"Honestly, I think we should shake the relationship up. For the past several years China has made aggressive... belligerent claims in the South China Sea," he added.
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Already sounding like a Secretary of State!
Bolton warms ones heart
And my old English teachers would also say the sentence should be turned around to say “to whom we talk...”. (Never end a sentence with a preposition...)
“Bolton warms ones heart”
and Cockles too!
Beginning your sentence with “and” is probably something they didn’t care for either.
Unless it's radio - over.
This confirms Trump’s call to Taiwan was deliberate. It’s chess. He’s using Beijing’s insecurity over “One China” as leverage for trade talks. Trump is no fool.
If Bolton’s picked for SoS, that makes it certain. Trump aims to disrupt and misbehave.
I love John Bolton and I have begged Trump to pick him for secretary of state via Twitter.
Thou speaketh true, O Hairy Lipped One!
what you said!!! Applause!
Had a brand new shave tail butter bar actually used “over and out.” The RTO just giggled. I took him aside when enough time has passed so as not to be obvious, and gave him a little senior NCO advice.
Correct grammar is dying in America. “I” and “me” seems to cause even college graduates confusion. And commas, well, even worse.
Wow
Bolton = National Treasure.
DO NOT TRUST RAND PAUL!™
CNN needs to throttle back before they get the wrath of Trump...we all hope to see that day!
Bolton scores a point from me.
I still have a problem with Bush administration holdovers who continued terrible Israel policy, so he’s going to have to do some more convincing.
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