Posted on 08/02/2022 7:58:33 AM PDT by Morgana
Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday amid warnings from a furious Beijing that any U.S. politician visiting the island nation will 'come to no good end' if they 'play with fire.'
Her Air Force plane - with its distinctive blue and white colors and American flag on the tail - touched down in Taipei at 10:45 pm local time.
The Chinese, meanwhile, backed up their words with a shore of force.
As the speaker's Air Force C40 approached Taipei, Chinese Air Force Su-35 fighter jets were crossing the Taiwan Straits, local media outlets reported.
And chilling footage shared on Chinese social network Weibo appears to show amphibious tanks on the coast of Fujian along the Taiwan Strait. Further footage shows military equipment on the move in the city of Xiamen.
But Taiwan gave Pelosi a warm welcome. The island's tallest building, TAIPEI 101, lit up with a welcome message for Speaker Pelosi and supporters held welcome signs out of the hotel she will reportedly stay in.
Pelosi is the highest-ranking U.S. elected official to visit Taiwan since 1997. The White House is aware of her location.
'The speaker's flying aboard a military aircraft so we'll know,' spokesman John Kirby said at Monday's press briefing when asked how the White House would know if Pelosi touched down in Taiwain.
The speaker's Air Force jet left the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. The site later crashed after 300,000 people tried to chart Pelosi's journey.
Beijing earlier warned that the United States will 'pay the price' if Pelosi visits Taiwan while Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that those U.S. politicians who 'play with fire' on the Taiwan issue will 'come to no good end'.
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You and I aren't arguing this point. That wasn't "about as clear" a green light, it WAS a green light for China to invade.
So WTF is China to make of the #3 US Politician, in line for the Presidency, to make of her visit to Taiwan?
China isn't use to such "rebellion" from women against their leaders. Women are subservient in Chinese culture. This confuses the holy hell out of them.
She seriously needs to cover up those old, wrinkly puppies.
Did anyone tell the 1.4+ BILLION Chinese people that?
As if they have any power.
ROFL!! Jerry "The King" Lawler is that you??
It’s all about saving face in Chinese culture.
I have seen more attractive plumbers crack
Nancy confuses the high holy hell out of US too. Dementia & vodka does that.
Nope Nope Nope
Well the Babylon Bee was close!
IKR no one seems to wonder why
Hey! If she confuses the high holy hell out of us, why not share that insanity with China?
The bastards deserve it.
How embarrassing thats not her
I saw that yesterday and laughed my ass off! The Bee is amazing!
She will be the first Female POTUS by Christmas
“ The Bee is amazing!”
Yep!
The story about the parents dressing their young boy as a girl was brilliant .
They figured the school teachers would then try to change his gender to a boy if they thought he was a girl!
It was as though she had just finished a handle of vodka.
If she so much as negotiates a Rescue Shelter for Taiwanese dogs, I’d slap her with a Hatch Act violation so hard her head would spin!
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this trip is all about money, the universal language of diplomacy.
since joey bags & his boy, humper been getting so much light shined on them, nanner, herself, had to travel to tie one on to divvie up up everybody’s cut on her new chip bill pie.
since ukraine is on fire again, don’t be surprise to see pauli jr to end up on the board of TSM
Military now have permission to shoot back
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