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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Many people are saying" Trump call took "months" to plan. It was beautiful. Many months. To plan.
Trumps team is lying about Taiwan call: It reportedly took months to plan
David Ferguson DAVID FERGUSON
04 DEC 2016 AT 22:28 ET
However, Trump advisor Stephen Yates a former national security official under Pres. George W. Bush said that establishing contact with Taiwan has been high on the transition teams list of priorities.
Very early on, Taiwan was on that list, Yates told the Post. Once the call was scheduled, I was told that there was a briefing for President-elect Trump. They knew that there would be reaction and potential blowback.
Tsai spokesman Alex Huang told Reuters, Of course both sides agreed ahead of time before making contact.
Trumps mouthpieces and defenders say that all head-of-state calls with the president-elect have been well-planned and cleared through the proper diplomatic channels, but on Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that Trump made no efforts to contact the State Department before the calls.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trumps-team-is-lying-about-taiwan-call-it-reportedly-took-months-to-plan/
David Ferguson DAVID FERGUSON
04 DEC 2016 AT 22:28 ET
However, Trump advisor Stephen Yates a former national security official under Pres. George W. Bush said that establishing contact with Taiwan has been high on the transition teams list of priorities.
Very early on, Taiwan was on that list, Yates told the Post. Once the call was scheduled, I was told that there was a briefing for President-elect Trump. They knew that there would be reaction and potential blowback.
Tsai spokesman Alex Huang told Reuters, Of course both sides agreed ahead of time before making contact.
Trumps mouthpieces and defenders say that all head-of-state calls with the president-elect have been well-planned and cleared through the proper diplomatic channels, but on Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that Trump made no efforts to contact the State Department before the calls.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trumps-team-is-lying-about-taiwan-call-it-reportedly-took-months-to-plan/
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"Many people are saying" Trump call took "months" to plan. It was beautiful. Many months. To plan. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Dec 2016
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shraby
(21,946 posts)1. If he took months to plan the call, that means he KNEW he was going to win the presidency.
Now how did he know that???
malaise
(268,930 posts)3. Hence the projection re rigging
Democrats are way too rosy eyed and naive - they believe in the system.
mopinko
(70,078 posts)2. and by plan they mean-
they took a bribe from someone months ago, and this stunt was the payoff.
bdamomma
(63,836 posts)4. tRump thinks he is KING/DICTATOR
and can do what he damn well pleases. I hate this man. He is a threat to all of us. Work with him? He should be held for treason.