Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

Jeers to Trump’s China connection

In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives JEERS ... to Idaho Republican Party Chairman Steve Yates of Idaho Falls:

While he denies having anything to do with setting it up, Yates has been quick to defend Trump's decision to accept Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's phone call.

Trump not only upended four decades of America's "One China" policy, but he also violated this nation's tradition of having one president at a time. Until Jan. 20, Barack Obama sits in the White House and is responsible for setting foreign policy.

Four - or eight - years from now, Trump may come to rue this precedent.

The Washington Post's David Ignatius spoke for many when he wrote: "Whatever else future historians say about Donald Trump's early foreign policy moves, they're likely to note the erratic and, in many ways, self-defeating nature of the president-elect's initial dealings with China, the country many analysts view as the United States' most important long-term rival."

So it's Yates to the rescue. More here (2nd item).



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

Follow Dave online: