Trump speaks with Taiwanese president, a major break with decades of U.S. policy on China

[mobeau69]

Source: The Washington Post

President-elect Donald Trump spoke Friday with Taiwan’s president, a major departure from decades of U.S. policy in Asia and a breach of diplomatic protocol with ramifications for the incoming president’s relations with China.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-spoke-with-taiwanese-president-a-major-break-with-decades-of-us-policy-on-china/2016/12/02/b98d3a22-b8ca-11e6-959c-172c82123976_story.html?utm_term=.7329cc8726fd

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Bozo's f**king winging it. This is how wars start. God help us.

[pbmus]

1. Banana republic

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Banana Republican

[mobeau69]

6. Irrelevant issue.

The call was a major diplomatic blunder. The fear is that instead of admitting to their mistake, the trumpsters will double down and make matters even worse. US is now waiting on China's reaction to this fuck up. Former Bush advisor said "China will go ballistic".

[Fast Walker 52]

9. yep, this was a big deal... it will require a lot of smoothing over

[mobeau69]

10. Obama's probably on the phone to Beijing right now.

Obama's like "he's a newbie. He has no idea what the fuck he's doing". It's going to be a long night for Obama and the State Department.

[Kablooie]

21. Yep he has no idea what he's doing and that's not going to change.

So get used to it, China.
This is America and we chose who we wanted to represent us and he is it.

[JohnnyRingo]

27. Tell them to take it up with Russia.

[blm]

20. Trump just tweeted exactly what the poster said - Coincidence that it showed up here?

Or part of a tactical operation?

[blm]

19. Interesting - Trump just tweeted exactly that same point.

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[Internationalist]

4. Trump's previous behavior shows that this wasn't calculated.

Some used an analogy of 3 dimensional chess when describing Obama's way of approaching problems. Perhaps Trump's strategy is more akin to Jenga: choose something at random and hope that everything doesn't fall down

[jpak]

5. A bargaining point with Beijing

yup

[Xipe Totec]

11. Beijing's counter move will be to close down Trump's business in China

Let's see how fast he gets the message.

[nini]

24. good point

I forgot about that angle.

[George II]

7. It's also inappropriate to speak with a foreign leader until one is president.

[Fast Walker 52]

8. Jesus fucking christ, it's not like there are not massive economic reasons for not pissing off China

not to mention a lot of nukes.

[JudyM]

12. He is Bozo. There should be a mashup.

[First Speaker]

13. We've gone from disaster, to fiasco, and have arrived all the way at debacle...

...and it's only 24 days into the New World Disorder. What on earth comes next?

[JudyM]

14. Very informative (and laugh-inducing) article, thanks for posting!

Perhaps not surprisingly, the mold-breaking Republican has infused the usually banal routine of congratulatory calls from foreign leaders with drama.

Most of the more than 50 calls held by Trump or Vice President-elect Mike Pence came without the knowledge or guidance of the State Department. That means no talking points about issues of particular importance — or land mines to avoid.

[mobeau69]

15. smellyanne's like a deer in the headlights over this fiasco.

AC is grilling her right now.

[ffr]

16. I was going to say the same: "this is how wars are started"

Fcuk me! Fcuk us!

Why do republicans hate America so much!!!

[FightingIrish]

17. Simple explanation. His Assholeness has a tower in Taipei, Taiwan

He's just taking care of business. This will be the new normal and I'm not getting used to it.

https://twitter.com/guywittich/status/648670881103777792

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[MADem]

18. Pity the tai-fun didn't take down the T instead of the P!!!!

But you got it right....

[Little Tich]

22. Reckless. n/t

[duffyduff]

23. He and Pence should NOT be allowed to take office.

By voting for the ticket, the Electoral College will be committing treason.

[inanna]

25. China's foreign minister reacts to Trump's call (AP)

Dec. 2, 2016 11:17 PM ET

China's foreign minister says he hopes Beijing's relations with the U.S. won't be "interfered with or damaged" after President-elect Donald Trump broke with decades long diplomatic tradition and spoke directly with Taiwan's leader.

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http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/89ae8247abe8493fae24405546e9a1aa/Article_2016-12-02-AS--Trump-Taiwan-The%20Latest/id-3dcc41f345724a47aadd3008049b628b

[jambo101]

26. America is about to be

ruled by a mad man . Trump is exhibiting astounding incompetence in just about everything he does,heck he's even got Sarah Palin calling him out.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/sarah-palin-donald-trump-carrier-deal-crony-capitalism-232139

I got a bad feeling as to where this clueless idiot is going to take America.

[Feeling the Bern]

28. This fucker is going to start a war.