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U.S. President-elect Donald Trumps controversial phone call with Taiwans leader was planned weeks in advance, according to a report from The Washington Post. Sources familiar with the matter said Trumps advisory team had planned the phone as a provocative stunt to portray Trump as a radical change from previous presidents. In a Twitter tirade against China on Sunday, Trump accused Beijing of currency manipulations and military expansionism, just two days after his phone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen threatened to ruin China-U.S. relations. Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (making it hard for our companies to compete), heavily tax our products going into their country (the US doesnt tax them) or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the South China Sea? He added: I dont think so! Trumps comments echo much of his campaign rhetoric, in which he vilified Chinese leadership and vowed to take the country down a notch, despite China being a major trading partner for the U.S. While Trump has repeatedly lashed out at China, China has mostly responded as if dealing with a small child. In the wake of Trumps phone chat with Taiwan, Chinas foreign minister said Trump had fallen victim to Taiwans shenanigans.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-taiwan-phone-call-was-weeks-in-the-planning-say-people-who-were-involved/2016/12/04/f8be4b0c-ba4e-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?source=CSAMedition&utm_term=.d152c8966a47&via=newsletter
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/12/5/1607440/-WaPo-China-Treating-Trump-Like-a-Small-Child-in-re-phone-call-stunt
lame54
(35,321 posts)Put a stop to manufacturing all Trump brand products
With every other US company?
Business as usual
Bucky
(54,065 posts)It's an alliance as natural as the MolotovRibbentrop Pact. As much as each hateful zealot has to play to their respective mobs, the Chinese Politburo and Trump's entourage of half-wits, at a deep level, understand each other. They'll make plenty of deals that will elevate themselves and screw the workers of both countries.
Trump's not sticking together - he's flown the coop
I think the Taiwan diss is bigger than a few crappy ties
Gothmog
(145,553 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Since we have NOT led the world in both for over a century. Shoe...other foot. LOL.
China called it correctly, maybe a bit off - more like a small minded sociopath.
JudyM
(29,274 posts)Vinca
(50,303 posts)The "Sorry World Leaders He's A Moron" collection.