In an op-ed column in the Idaho Statesman, Idaho GOP Chairman Stephen Yates supports President-elect Donald Trump's decision to field a congratulatory call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen:

China and the Washington foreign policy establishment thought they could tell President-elect Donald Trump whom he can and cannot speak with on the phone. They thought wrong.

On Friday, Trump received a congratulatory call from Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, in which the leaders briefly touched upon economic, political and security-related ties between our two democracies. Trump congratulated Tsai on her own victory in Taiwanese elections earlier in the year — a watershed since Tsai is the first woman leader in Asia who isn’t the daughter or wife of a previous leader.

Tsai’s victory also marked the third shift in power from one party to another in Taiwan — a symbol of a matured Taiwanese democracy and further proof that democracy can work for ethnically Chinese people wherever they reside. More here.

Question: Do you think President-elect Donald Trump made the right decision, to talk to the Taiwanese president?

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