Uh oh. Orange Sh*tgibbon-Elect "risks showdown with China after call with Taiwan"

[Miles Archer]

Trump risks showdown with China after call with Taiwan
By Stephen Collinson, Nicole Gaouette and Elise Labott, CNN
Updated 8:54 PM ET, Fri December 2, 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/politics/donald-trump-taiwan/index.html

(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump spoke with the President of Taiwan Friday, according to a statement from his transition team, in a move that threatens to trigger a diplomatic showdown with China.

"President-elect Trump spoke with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, who offered her congratulations," Trump's transition team said in a statement. "During the discussion, they noted the close economic, political, and security ties exists between Taiwan and the United States. President-elect Trump also congratulated President Tsai on becoming President of Taiwan earlier this year."

Trump's conversation marks the first publicly reported call between a US President or President-elect and the leader of Taiwan since Washington established diplomatic relations with Beijing in 1979, said Bonnie Glaser, a China expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The telephone call is certain to incense China, which considers Taiwan a renegade province. It is the first major sign of the unpredictability that Trump has vowed to bring to long-held US relations with the rest of the world.

[Ilsa]

1. He and his team of incompetents don't know WTF they are doing.

Or if they know, they don't care that they're aggravating the largest holder (?) of our debt.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Omigod! Taiwan accepted Trump's friend request!!!

[DonCoquixote]

3. I get the very evil feeling Russia

wanted someone who they knew would antagonize China so they could try tom gain Eurasian influence without interference.