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).
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