Awesome! Get the Chinese off balance before you bring up trade. Also, Trump just today or yesterday invited President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines to the White House. That will make the Chinese a bit nervous too because of the friction between Philippines and China over disputed islands.
“The call, first reported by the Financial Times, is the first time a US president has directly spoken with Taiwan’s leadership in more than 30 years.”
Well, no.
Trump is not President yet, so it can’t be the first time in 30 years a U.S. President has spoken with Taiwan’s leadership.
Keep the mainland reds off balance. That was the point.
Duterte invite is huge.