Pence: Trump's Taiwan call a "media-stirred tempest in a teapot"

[Miles Archer]

President-elect Donald Trump’s team insists it’s not a big deal that he spoke directly with Taiwan’s president, breaking with years of delicate foreign policy precedent and leading to the Chinese government lodging a complaint over the matter with the U.S.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Trump campaign had “not to his knowledge” reached out to China following the outcry. He told host Chuck Todd that he “wouldn’t expect” a call this week, either.

“To be honest with you, the waters here seem like a little bit of a tempest in a teapot,” Pence said, arguing the media had stirred up any controversy.

“I think most Americans and frankly most leaders around the world know this for what it was,” he said. “And it’s all part and parcel. I think you’re going to see in a President Donald Trump a willingness to engage the world but engage the world on America’s terms.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-trump-taiwan_us_58443355e4b017f37fe536ed?ka2re0uusegzdj9k9

[pangaia]

1. What in the world is he talking about?

[JHan]

2. I learned during the VP debates that Pence will lie about anything.

[Jeroen]

3. A nuclear explosion is just a chain reaction between many, tiny thingies

Get over it