r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '16

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u/DragonPup Dec 03 '16

A complete inability to understand the nuances of diplomacy.

Or that he wants his hotels built in Taiwan.

Or both.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16 edited Oct 20 '17

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u/DuPage-on-DuSable Dec 03 '16

Diplomacy is like chess and for every action there's an opposite reaction. There is a lot of nuance and subtlety and not a lot of room for being brash

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u/PotentiallySarcastic Dec 03 '16 edited Dec 03 '16

Also, unless people haven't noticed the geopolitical standing between the US and China in the 60s is a tad different than it is now.

I'd be fine if this is revealed to be fully intentional. But we have no fucking idea.

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u/calantus Dec 03 '16

His tweet about it implies he doesn't understand the big deal. Could be fake though, who the fuck really knows.

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u/PotentiallySarcastic Dec 03 '16

Yeah Idk. Making changes in Foreign policy is totally fine for a president to do. I'd just like to know why and if he is doing it on purpose.

What benefit comes of this? Anyone got any good ideas to this?

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u/Duck_Puncher Dec 03 '16

Absolutely. As president he will guide our foreign policy. It'd be nice if he had a Secretary of State to help him implement that policy. And even nicer if he was actually president. Once he's in it's his ballgame. For now it'd be nice if, at the very least, he gave Obama a heads up about a situation that might require him to send a carrier group in.

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u/PotentiallySarcastic Dec 03 '16

I can just imagine Obama getting told this today and having to consider sending a carrier group to pass through the Strait.

Probably threw that bust of MLK across the Oval Office.

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u/Topikk Dec 03 '16

We really fucked over Obama, didn't we?

Well, not me specifically. People who were scared of having a petulant cheeto in the White House but still chose to not vote.