somewhat ambiguous posture but i think they re willing to go further than they have gone before because north korean behavior generally kind of spook them. do you think choke off north korea, ultimately am. say that again. will china choke off north korea? they won t bring them down. they could cut off all their oil supply and that could lead to instability. that s one thing they fear. if there s another nuclear test and the chinese suggested they might cut off some of the oil and i think we had an important victory at the u.n. security council and my fear is that president trump is undermining his own policy with all unnecessary and irresponsible rhetoric. so, you talk about rhetoric like locked and loaded. that phrase we re talking about today. i had a guest on beginning of the show who said, hey, i think that s okay. he doesn t mind that kind of rhetoric. do you? look, north korea knows we re
do this naively, and just sort of blundered into this massive diplomatic faux pas with china and did he do it intentionally. he made anti-china policy a center piece of his election. this would be in line with a lot of what he s said throughout the election. his reaction to it on tweets was wait, they called me, it s no big deal. i didn t i m not changing policy here at all. that s been the wafted back since then. so you don t know for sure whether this was premeditated and was a message, a slap at china or whether they ambled into this like, very big situation. another footnote kellyanne conway said they re trying to make policy not waves. we ll have you back. next at least nine people have died in oakland after a warehouse party went up in flames. we re live on the scene with details next.
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taiwan since 1979. the u.s. does not formally recognize taiwan as an independent state. and backs beijing s claim that taiwan is a part of china. but chinese officials fear this phone call may have signaled otherwise. trump is downplaying that call. and as having any further implications tweeting this, quote, the president of taiwan called me today to wish me congratulations on winning the presidency. thank you. meanwhile, trump s senior advisor kellyanne conway says this was no different than other previous phone calls between president and world leaders. this president elect, i m pretty certain that president elect obama spoke to world leaders in preparation for taking over as president of the united states and commander in chief. i can t imagine he was asked if he had been properly and fully briefed considering he had little experience himself. this is a break with u.s.
implications joining me now is the chair for southeast asia studies. good to see you. the taiwanese government gave more detail about the content of the phone call in a translated statement saying this about this conversation between trump and the president, quote, they shared their view and concepts of future important policy points, in particular to promote the domestic economy and strengthen national defense allowing the people better live and the guarantee of security. so what s your point of view as to whether this phone call should have been made and if the content of that phone call is fair? nice to be with you, if i may i d like to correct one point in your lead up. you said that china the united states accepts china s one china policy that taiwan is part of china. that is not historically correct. the u.s. position is that taiwan s future is to be determined by the mutual consent