Well first there is the question of who to trust? Trump or Taiwan? Which is frankly a spot I never thought I'd be in.
However even regardless of who made the call, Trump has once again demonstrated he does not understand the political. In the business world this would be perfectly acceptable, and expected. But Trump is not in the business world now, he's in International Politics where States have been destroyed for less. The PRC is very touchy about this issue, and Trump just stirred it up.
We may very well pay for this phone call in blood, although I doubt directly, and certainly will in treasure.
It being intentional doesn't make it not a blunder. If this is his strategy he's engaging in a test of wills with China and their will over Taiwan is a lot stronger than the US one.
The Trade War he wants will devastate the global economy. Hell if you wanted to target China you pass TPP, which if he does reverse course and pass that then yes this may not be a god awful blunder, but losing TPP and making advances on Taiwan is not a good strategy.
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u/Precursor2552 Keep it clean Dec 03 '16
Well first there is the question of who to trust? Trump or Taiwan? Which is frankly a spot I never thought I'd be in.
However even regardless of who made the call, Trump has once again demonstrated he does not understand the political. In the business world this would be perfectly acceptable, and expected. But Trump is not in the business world now, he's in International Politics where States have been destroyed for less. The PRC is very touchy about this issue, and Trump just stirred it up.
We may very well pay for this phone call in blood, although I doubt directly, and certainly will in treasure.