whether or not he s used state department briefing booklets and information, and you know, theeth what s been provided to him. did he consult that before he had the phone call? he has access to those. he has access to does he use it though? of course he uses it. he reads everything. he s the busiest guy on the planet. pretty much has been for a while. does the president elect not have to adhere to certain protocols? is it because he s not been sworn in, he can do what he wants to do? it was interesting china s response was they lodged their complaint through the quote, unquote relevant office. meaning the actual ones in power and the ones that knew they were talking about. it was a backhanded insult to donald trump. i guess the question is what we don t know the answer to, did he
conversations with taiwan and it s your hope or anticipation there would be more conversations to come once sworn in? i don t think it s breakthrough yet. as i said he s simply a private citizen at the moment. i hope that when he does take office, he will conduct a fresh review of the entire u.s. policy toward china and taiwan to bring them back into reality. because they certainly are not at that stage now. at the same time, as a private citizen, as president elect, is it inappropriate to embark on the conversation before inrathaugurateinaugurate he didn t embark. one of his close advisors helped facilitate the conversation, the phone call. you know, i don t know the details, but i will say this, there are three major flashpoints in asia. taiwan, north korea and the south china sea. every one of those china is the key player. and i think that the united states needs to reevaluate its
of the chinese and taiwanese people. so it s not the same as saying from the outset that taiwan is part of china. i think the phone call is, frankly, almost an american media and expert tempest in a chinese teapot. the content of the call was perfectly routine for the leader of the one country to congratulate the leader of another country. i think we re making much too much of the perceived change in u.s. policy. mr. trump so then if it s too much is being made of it, why would china call the white house and say be careful? because china always does that, number one. number two, i think the american media and experts have virtually invited china to react harshly. because i think we reacted faster than the chinese government did. so i don t think we should make much more of that. what s really at stake here is that china resents and objects
taiwan. state run media in china is saying this is an unprecedented break from the one china policy. and there s been a swift statement and reaction from the foreign ministry of china, a spokesperson there saying that that the u.s. should continue to adhere to the one china policy. also saying that it is the foundation of u.s. and china relations. but of course donald trump defending this phone call in two different tweets. you said you talked about at the beginning that he said that he actually received this ten minute phone call from the president of taiwan. also saying this in a tweet. saying interesting, how the u.s. sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment, but i should not accept a phone call. he is referring to the taiwan relations act. that the u.s. provides arms to taiwan. trump s team is backing the phone call. kellyanne conway backing it as well. take a listen. it s a matter of the executive committee. it s a matter of the president
to any visibility, any publicity for the phenomenon that is taiwan. a free democratic chinese people that have paved the to democracy. why since 1979 no u.s. president would have this dialogue? the united states has been hypersensitive to chinese feelings. we ve been oversolic tiitous. president nixon wrote the relationship between china and taiwan and taiwan is separated politically from the mainland. our diplomats have not yet caught up with the reality. we continue to permechwapetuate myth we need to worry about every whisper. are you categorizing this as breakthrough, the president elect would have direct