Trump claims he will speak to Taiwan’s president, departing from decades-long diplomatic norms

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump claims he will speak to Taiwan’s president, departing from decades-long diplomatic norms, US and Taiwanese presidents have not spoken directly since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979 Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would speak to Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented move for a US leader that could roil US relations with China. “I’ll speak to him,” the US president told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland before boarding Air Force One when asked about Lai. “I speak to everybody … We’ll work on that, the Taiwan problem.” Continue reading…

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Source

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