With the media leading the charge, President-elect Donald Trump‘s detractors have been trying to make hay over a congratulatory call from the president of Taiwan.
Trump announced on Twitter Friday that he took a call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, which would be a big departure from America’s established “one China” policy in place since 1979. There are no formal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Tiawan as a result of the policy, which is based on recognizing China’s claim that Taiwan is part of its country.
And while CNN reported early Saturday that China’s foreign ministry said it has lodged a complaint with the U.S. over the controversial phone call, China-based N.Y. Times business reporter Sui-Lee Wee shared on Twitter that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi dismissed the incident as a “small action.”
Wang Yi plays down the Trump-Tsai call as a "small action", will not change bedrock of the "One China" policy governing Sino-U.S. relations. https://t.co/fSJS1hcUxD
— Sui-Lee Wee 黄瑞黎 (@suilee) December 3, 2016
More importantly, Wang Yi says it's a "small action" from Taiwan. Doesn't call Trump out. https://t.co/B6jO54aJZm
— Sui-Lee Wee 黄瑞黎 (@suilee) December 3, 2016
As for the media freakout, when they can’t even get former Obama administration staffer Bill Burton on board, that may be an early sign of overkill.
Twitchy noted that Burton, who served a deputy White House press secretary, let his skepticism be known on Twitter — of course, if anyone was paying attention to what Trump said on the campaign trail, Burton’s revelation would come as no surprise:
Dear media, do you think a single American cares if China is mad about a phone call?
This. Is. Trump's. Game.
— Bill Burton (@billburton) December 2, 2016
Seriously.
I'm worried to go to sleep for fear that the world might not make it through the night because of a phone call. https://t.co/hv9umod6Kk
— Bill Burton (@billburton) December 3, 2016
Then again, Twitchy.com nailed it with what it described as the “perfect tweet in response to the media freakout.”
We agree, it doesn’t get any better than this… now on to more important things.
I was promised by uninformed DC journalists who had lunch at PF Changs the world would end in nuclear holocaust tonight https://t.co/xiPkdbtCUl
— 2022 Olympian Balding 大老板 (@BaldingsWorld) December 3, 2016
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