FT EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump risks major diplomatic dispute with China after speaking on phone with Taiwan's president on.ft.com/2fQ7G8W
It is hard to overstate the bottomless pig-ignorance & recklessness, of this step.
Presidents from Nixon onward had careful PRC/ROC protocol twitter.com/FT/status/8047…
This colossally ignorant, reckless man has caused a serious international incident, and he's not even the president yet. Just imagine the damage and wreckage he will cause when he IS the president. He just insulted and infuriated America's favored trading partner, not to mention a nuclear armed one, with a standing army of 3,500,000. We tried to point out to the fools who were sucked in by Trump's lies and bravado that he is totally unfit to serve as POTUS. Trump is proving us correct every day, and proving that his supporters were duped.
From Talking Points Memo:
It's still unclear if Trump's call–in which Taiwan's president congratulated him–was intended to cause the uproar and signal a new direction in U.S. foreign policy toward China or if Trump had been unaware of the precedent he was toppling. "
We urge the relevant side in the US to adhere to the 'one China' policy, abide by the pledges in the three joint China-US communiques, and handle issues related to Taiwan carefully and properly to avoid causing unnecessary interference to the overall China-U.S. relationship," China's foreign ministry stated.
Trump tried to rationalize his phone call Friday as it was coming under scrutiny.
Well, why can't it be both. Radical GOP members in the House want to punish China for a number reasons, not least for the artificial islands in the S. China Sea. The whole affair was cooked up both in Taiwan and at Trump Headquarters. Trump Hotel representatives have been recently working the Taiwanese for hotel development. What we have here is a convergence of interests coupled with a ham-fisted boorish approach delivered by the ignoramus, Trump.--Ralph VonHolst
This kind of reckless ignorance on the part of P.e.-Trump is why every serious Republican foreign policy expert warned against putting this "pig-ignorant" man in charge of the U.S.A.
