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Trump apparently talked to the President of Taiwan today which sounds perfectly normal to me except it appears you don't do that -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Dec 2 '16, 14:02

because it could piss off China.

https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/804802179936751616 (twitter.com)

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US Senator Chris Murphy: "This is how wars start" -- (link) - decline Dec 2, 14:39 1
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Presumably he asked an assistant for the number, and not finding it in an official directory, the assistant...Googled it? - Max Dec 2, 14:33
i know this is bad and it's stupid that he has no clue but i have got to say..... - x Dec 2, 14:33 2
- The Pakistan one was so effed up it might actually cause a tenuous peace with India out of fear of trump's unpredictability -- nm - Beryllium Dec 2, 14:35 1
  - heh. he's a peacemaker!.... - x Dec 2, 14:40
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- IT WAS LITERALLY IN AN EPISODE OF WEST WING! - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 14:27 2
  - A show made for coastal elites that had a fantastic conceit of a technocrat president -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 14:38
  - and a Tom Clancy book! -- nm - Beaker Dec 2, 14:31
- I need to take remedial diplomacy apparently -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 14:27
Okay, I thought I'd reached my last and final "holy f**k!" moment with the Trump Administration, but obviously not. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 14:22 2
- How could you possibly think that? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 2, 14:27
- and it's not even actually an administration yet! - ty97 Dec 2, 14:23
This is not news to me, but I would be a bad POTUS. This never would have crossed by mind but everyone else was like **WTF**??? immediately -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 14:10 10
- Someday, I'll tell you the whole story about a major international incident one of my subordinates almost caused when I was working in Washington, DC. -- (edited) - ReluctantCynic Dec 2, 14:27 3
  - Well, he does think that his experience in making deals in foreign countries is the same thing. -- nm - . Dec 2, 14:37
  - oof. that's amazing....nm - x Dec 2, 14:35
  - holy cow -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 14:27
- POTUSes have people around them to tell them which calls to make, to take and to avoid. -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 14:13 5
  - He has had people around him tell him to shorten his tie for years. -- nm - . Dec 2, 14:38
  - The State Dept has apparently offered to advise/assist with these calls, but it's not clear if Trump has taken them up on the offer. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 14:14 3
    - I loved the bit about when he talked to Pakistan... - Mel Profit Dec 2, 14:32 1
      - heh, exactly. the way he ended up meeting with abe from japan was also really weird... - x Dec 2, 14:37
    - Given that he's not really even taking the national security briefings, I'm sure the answer is no. -- nm - pmb Dec 2, 14:17
I'm actually on Trump's side here. This has gone on long enough. Get in there and crush Taiwan, or let them go. - Max Dec 2, 14:10
And just FWIW, November 18: "Trump wants to expand business empire to Taiwan, " -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 14:09 1
- Just a coincidence, I'm sure -- nm - decline Dec 2, 14:35
I'm more surprised Taiwan allowed this to happen. -- nm - Roger More Dec 2, 14:07
This is bad two days -- (link) - ty97 Dec 2, 14:06 9
- Mitt's problem now. -- nm - Mop Dec 2, 14:18 4
  - We can only hope -- nm - ty97 Dec 2, 14:18 3
    - This. I want Mitt -- nm - Bacon Dec 2, 14:22 2
      - I hate the thought of Mitt having to work for Trump, I really do, but I like the idea of him working for us -- nm* - ty97 Dec 2, 14:29 1
        
        Yes, Trump needs more moderates in his cabinet -- nm - Bacon Dec 2, 14:32
- He has zero clue about these things. The only thing he knows is (to be read in Trump voice) "Great leaders want to talk to me and congratulate me on - pmb Dec 2, 14:11 3
  - As I said above, I'd too be clueless about a decent amount of this foreign policy stuff (not my strong suit) *but* I'd take all offered help from - ty97 Dec 2, 14:17 1
    - Yes, you would listen to input. You're also not the president-elect. Many of us would not know all these nuances, but we would at least have the - pmb Dec 2, 14:18
  - Next week, he'll invite all those mideasteners to a whole pig bbq and brewskies -- nm - zeit spiced geist Dec 2, 14:14

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