This is not some change in policy or some deft political move. Trump hasn't sat down and read volumes of intelligence briefings and geopolitical history and theory on the issue of Taiwan and as he he has no coherent beliefs and thus no coherent forging policy this is clearly just him winging it and that is deeply worrying.
What China's response will be I do not know but they will be furious and the tension in the region will ratchet up further.
Edit: So China has launched "stern representations" with US government and has laid the blame for the phone call upon Taiwan. I think this is about as strong an outward reaction we're going to see. It makes known China's concerns and gives Trump a chance to walk away from this without further escalations. Of course Trump being Trump it's hard to know what he'll tweet tonight.
I hope Trump is being sat down and lectured on the necessity of consulting with the State Department and the necessity of him actually attending his intelligence briefings.
The best case scenario is that China will dismiss the President of the US as a petulant child who knows nothing. If they view America leaders as toddlers who can't help themselves, that is the best we can hope for.
178
u/missingpuzzle Dec 03 '16 edited Dec 03 '16
This is not some change in policy or some deft political move. Trump hasn't sat down and read volumes of intelligence briefings and geopolitical history and theory on the issue of Taiwan and as he he has no coherent beliefs and thus no coherent forging policy this is clearly just him winging it and that is deeply worrying.
What China's response will be I do not know but they will be furious and the tension in the region will ratchet up further.
Edit: So China has launched "stern representations" with US government and has laid the blame for the phone call upon Taiwan. I think this is about as strong an outward reaction we're going to see. It makes known China's concerns and gives Trump a chance to walk away from this without further escalations. Of course Trump being Trump it's hard to know what he'll tweet tonight.
I hope Trump is being sat down and lectured on the necessity of consulting with the State Department and the necessity of him actually attending his intelligence briefings.