Posted on 12/04/2016 6:33:24 PM PST by springwater13
Donald Trump’s protocol-breaking telephone call with Taiwan’s leader was an intentionally provocative move that establishes the incoming president as a break with the past, according to interviews with people involved in the planning.
The historic communication — the first between leaders of the United States and Taiwan since 1979 — was the product of months of quiet preparations and deliberations among Trump’s advisers about a new strategy for engagement with Taiwan that began even before he became the Republican presidential nominee, according to people involved in or briefed on the talks.
The call also reflects the views of hard-line advisers urging Trump to take a tough opening line with China, said others familiar with the months of discussion about Taiwan and China.
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A lot of people are never going to catch on. (And that’s a good thing.) Trump is BRILLIANT, and PLANS AHEAD. He is not an empty-headed, impulsive playboy.
Friedan, born Feb. 4, 1921.
Lenin, died Jan. 24, 1924.
Filthy pedophile!
While it’s WaPo and to be sneered at, I was wondering at the “coincidence” that Kissinger was in China to ‘ease apprehensions over the Trump Presidency” at the time of the call...I’m not sure it was an “accidental” message that he sent to China.
“China doesn’t tell us who we can talk to.”............
Nor do any other countries. Odumo may still be in office but there’s a new sheriff coming to town.
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