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Today's A1: The inside story of Trump's Taiwan call, months in the making. My latest w/ @agearan @simondenyer https://t.co/YtDOGszymS
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 5, 2016
Bob Dole’s lobbying @realDonaldTrump on Taiwan went far beyond a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s president https://t.co/iaIrouhXC3
— POLITICO (@politico) December 7, 2016
China toughens its warning to Donald Trump on Taiwan, and on Twitter, he widens the dispute. https://t.co/Y8wQV2Opyg pic.twitter.com/227BZ03ERi
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) December 5, 2016
China's foreign ministry on Trump: "We do not comment on his personality," or what caused him "to make such tweets" https://t.co/7zc0QSTU2L
— Te-Ping Chen (@tepingchen) December 5, 2016
China urges U.S. to block transit by Taiwan president https://t.co/qED7TERQ7e
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 6, 2016
GOP hawks distrust Trump on Russia, Syria, etc. But not when it comes to getting tough on China. https://t.co/0znNIXtxnb
— Michael Crowley (@michaelcrowley) December 6, 2016
Kissinger says impressed by China's 'calm reaction' to Trump's Taiwan call https://t.co/XtE5q3HefB pic.twitter.com/WWENTt2sqa
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 6, 2016
For your Trump-Taiwan reading list: another very good assessment, this from Economist. Worth reading to very end. https://t.co/j6lZKOSoFi pic.twitter.com/tG1NQKlp0l
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) December 4, 2016
A view from Taiwan, a Trump-Tsai Ing-wen tag team, watch:
Trump talks with #Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen @RealDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/jAIswY1xzY
— TomoNews US (@TomoNewsUS) December 5, 2016
Now for the auditions, with some exciting clips below:
Secretary of state contender @JonHuntsman tells @ABC Donald Trump was "absolutely right" to take call from Taiwanese leader. pic.twitter.com/wIDyDkXCrq
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 5, 2016
WHAT #MSM DOESN'T GET👇@RepRohrabacher: Trump's call w/Taiwan shows Chinese dictators he's not gonna be a push over👏 pic.twitter.com/z08tTtKAnl
— Boston Bobblehead (@DBloom451) December 5, 2016
.@AmbJohnBolton On @realDonaldTrump’s Taiwan Call: ‘Nobody In Beijing Gets To Dictate Who We Talk To’ https://t.co/4qjj7ryiwr
— Fox Nation (@foxnation) December 4, 2016
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