Trump and the Taiwan Call

Guest Post by Scott Adams

By now you know that President Elect Trump took a call from the President of Taiwan and simultaneously lit on fire the underpants of the mainstream media and maybe the leadership of China too.

Apparently taking a phone call from the president of Taiwan is a major diplomatic change from the so-called “One China Policy” that imagines Taiwan as a rogue province of China, not its own country. Reports are saying this call was planned, not a mistake on the Trump team’s side.

Was this a mistake by Trump?

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If you look at this call through the filter of normal politics it is clearly a mistake. It provokes the Chinese leadership and gains nothing obvious in return. The media is reporting this event as exactly the sort of thing that leads to nuclear annihilation. This is the same mainstream media that got everything wrong about Trump for the past year.

But if you look at this situation through the filter of a Master Persuader, it makes perfect sense. Trump is “setting the table” for future negotiations with China. He just subtracted something from China’s brand that they value, and later he will negotiate with them to maybe give it back in some fashion. Probably in return for some trade concessions.

But what about the risk? Does it ever make sense to poke a nuclear power? In this case, probably yes. As I have said in this blog before, China’s leadership is both mature and competent. Many of them have engineering degrees. They understand what Trump is doing, and none of it is a path to war because neither side has any interest in war. None. Zero.

I can imagine some scenarios in which China and the U.S. might dangerously escalate toward war, but one friendly call to a major trading partner isn’t one of the scenarios.

But why take that call now? Shouldn’t Trump have cleared this with Obama, or waited until he was President?

No. Because the Obama administration would have advised him not to do it. And waiting until January is the way old politics is done. This sort of bold, rapid action is evidently what Trump wants you to think is his brand as president. The Taiwan call is consistent with the New CEO Play that I described in this post. He’s setting the tone as bold, effective, and not waiting for red tape to slow him down.

Don’t worry about China going to war over a phone call. They understand Trump, in part because they read my blog too. And look at the brilliance of China’s diplomatic response. Their Foreign Minister labelled the phone call, “a shenanigan by the Taiwan side.“ That is exquisite diplomatic framing, Master Persuader-style. You can see why China and Trump respect each other; they both earned it.

Mutual respect is a safe place to be. Relax. Adults are in charge.

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Trapped in Portlandia
Trapped in Portlandia

Watching a President who came from a successful business career rather than from the world of political hackery is so very refreshing.

As soon as I read the brouhaha about Trump’s phone call with Taiwan I knew it was his first move in trade negotiations with mainland China. The Chinese leadership are realizing they now need to negotiate with a formidable opponent rather than the bozos, like Obama, they dealt with in the past.

This is only a good thing.

Teri
Teri

“Watching a President who came from a successful business career rather than from the world of political hackery is so very refreshing.”

Isn’t that the truth!!!

javelin
javelin

+1

Anonymous
Anonymous

Trump did right by this call, and we actually have nothing to lose from it and something to gain.

Think of having a friendly power, one that gives us a legitimate presence, right next to a hostile one in the upcoming trade negotiations and potential other conflicts in the region as China exercises it new and expansionist policy in the region.

China is not a go along to get along country, it is a go along because it has no choice country and needs to be dealt with as such.

Be Prepared
Be Prepared

If we are a world power (“yes, that can be debated”), then our president should indeed have the ability to communicate with all the players on the field. It is when communication stops…. that we, as a people, should worry. Trump is indeed showing us in some ways…. he is going to walk his own walk, which is why he won the election. Do I like everything is doing? No, but I absolutely know that I would be hating everything Hitlary would be doing right now, so I am giving Trumpie some room to find his legs….. to make some mistakes…. including having a Goldman Sachs man in Treasury again…to have some wins…. making a Marine General the Secretary of Defense. This isn’t even really the beginning, but I can see him lining up his pieces and hope he knows how to play a mean game of chess.

Oh…. please don’t pick Romney for anything… he started the whole Obummercare in Mass and helped Obummer to foist upon the nation. He sucks… don’t cave to allowing him anywhere near anything. There are so many better choices….

sirpo
sirpo

It is when communication stops…. that we, as a people, should worry. Trump is indeed showing us in some ways…. he is going to walk his own walk,

ask any of my ex wives x 3

as long as we were screaming and yelling at each other everything was fine

if all of a sudden i shut up and walked off pretty soon after the hammer dropped

and on to the next ex wife to be

Rise Up

After 18 months you’d think the media would understand that Trump is unconventional, but no, they STILL don’t get it. They’ll be scratching their heads for 4 years and won’t have a hair left to comb.

Racist
Racist

“Many of them have engineering degrees”???

What a racist thing to say!

And if you counter my position with “That’s got to be objectively true: many DO have engineering degrees” then realize you could say the same about ANY industrialized country.

javelin
javelin

Not sure if this is a failed attempt at satire or if you are indeed, obtuse.

razzle
razzle

He was talking about the unusual amount of leaders with engineering degrees there.
Especially compared to most Western leaderships. He was complimenting them.

Is that you back for more Mr. Man?

James the Wanderer

Not everything should be viewed through a darkened lens of racism.

Sometimes, words are informative rather than inflammatory. Of course, there are those who cannot see anything EXCEPT through the lens of race – is that you?

Racist
Racist

Two brilliantly informative statements (and I repeat; statements and not arguments) from Javelin and James.

What was wrong with my observation? I not only pointed out that the statement was racist, but it was also unnecessary (racist statements rarely are.)

As I argued above, what does the inclusion of an observation such as “Many of them have engineering degrees” add, except the hint of racism?

Stucky

“Many of them have engineering degrees.”
RAAYCISSSS COCKSUCKER!!

“Many of them are vegetarian.”
RAAYCISSSS COCKSUCKER!!

“Many of them have a lot of money.”
RAAYCISSSS COCKSUCKER!!

“Many of them travel abroad.”
RAAYCISSSS COCKSUCKER!!

“Many of them like photography.”
RAAYCISSSS COCKSUCKER!!

“Many of them are Buddhists.”
RAAYCISSSS COCKSUCKER!!

“Many of them jerk off three times a day”
RAAYCISSSS COCKSUCKER!!

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Folks, these are just some other topics we should avoid …. lest we offend the special libtardfuk snowflake’s feewings.

hardscrabble farmer

If Taiwan were a “province” of China, why would it have a President?

Trump acknowledges reality and is treated as if he is talking to ghosts.

The depth of their hypocrisy is such that it may never be fully plumbed.

“This is the way we have always done it” is their cry when all they have ever done is alter the way things have always been done. It’s fascinating in a morbid way, to watch them try and spin everything all the time and to finally see the effect of all this effort reduced to naught.

catfish
catfish

Trump wants war, th fourth truning will give us war and and the Chinks should sell their US toilet paper pdq

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