Donald Trump Speak To Philipines,Taiwan And pakistaan Leaders Over Phone.

 

 Phone call with the president of Taiwan Friday placed President-elect Donald Trump in uncharted territory — with his unorthodox approach to diplomacy likely infuriating Chinese leaders.
The conversation with Tsai Ying-wen, first reported by Financial Times, is believed to be the first between a U.S. President or President-elect since diplomatic ties between the two countries were severed in 1979.

The two congratulated each other on their election wins and noted the “close economic, political, and security ties” between the U.S. and Taiwan, according to Trump’s transition team.
Yet the brief call could have major ramifications, and fracture already unsteady relations between the U.S. and China.
“The Chinese leadership will see this as a highly provocative action, of historic proportions,” Evan Medeiros, former Asia director at the White House national security council, told Financial Times.

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Trump hammered China during his campaign, promising to renegotiate trade deal and bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.
He also vowed to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Earlier Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang warned that China has “serious concerns” about an annual U.S. defense policy bill suggesting a plan to conduct high-level military exchanges with Taiwan.
“China firmly opposes the United States and Taiwan carrying out any form of official contact or military exchange,” Geng told reporters at a regular press briefing.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and Trump congratulated each other on their election victories.(Chiang Ying-ying/AP)

Trump also spoke on the telephone on Friday with Obama-bashing Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte. Trump reportedly invited him to the White House next year during what was described as a “very engaging, animated” talk, an aide to Duterte told Reuters news agency.
A video released by Duterte’s close aide, Bong Go, shows the Philippine leader smiling while talking to Trump late Friday.
“We will maintain ... and enhance the bilateral ties between our two countries,” Duterte says.
Duterte last month welcomed Trump's victory and said "long live" Trump, noting the comparisons that had often been made between them because of their outspokenness.

 

Trump and Obama Shaking Hands

Trump’s phone calls and meetings with world leaders, reportedly made without consulting the State Department, have been raising eyebrows since Election Day.
“What has happened in the last 48 hours is not a shift. These are major pivots in foreign policy w/out any plan. That's how wars start,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tweeted Friday.
Earlier this week, the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office released a transcript of a conversation between Nawaz Sharif and Trump in which the soon-to-be 45th President glowingly praised the Middle Eastern leader.
The statement quoted Trump as telling Sharif “you are a terrific guy. You are doing amazing work which is visible in every way.”

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte  (Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

Trump’s transition team later released a statement saying the two sides “had a productive conversation about how the United States and Pakistan will have a strong working relationship in the future.”
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest cautioned Thursday that Trump would be wise to consult with the State Department going forward.
“(E)very President, regardless of which party they’re in, benefits enormously from the expertise and service of thousands of patriotic Americans at the State Department,” Earnest said. “President Obama benefitted enormously from the advice and expertise that's been shared by those who serve at the State Department. And I’m confident that as President-elect Trump takes office, those same State Department employees will stand ready to offer him advice as he conducts the business of the United States overseas. Hopefully he’ll take it.”