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And no relief and no education and opportunity, extremism takes route. we just had an election that wound up being decided on large part on fear and that fear may manifest and staying out of situations like what were seeing with this humanitarian crisis. what is your concern for that type of policy shift, rick francona? >> i think there is going to be a policy shift, chris. and i think mr. trump alluded to that in his talk today when he talked about not going into these areas and not trying to t...

Those things by trumps business? if the family business effectively gets paid by taiwan as personal compensation to the president in return for this radical policy shift that the president-elect just made toward taiwan, then that would be a gift from a foreign government to the president-elect through the mechanism of his family-run business. there are a number of these things in the news, and not just -- these arent the first ones. more and more of these each passing day. honestly, if any one o...

His law firm works with a representative here from taiwan. so he has that interest in that region. now the reason for the call, some people call it a foreign policy blunder. transition officials are saying, look, this is not a blunder. they are trying to paint it as accepting a courtesy call. some other foreign policy experts say this is the president-elects way of trying to send a strong message to china, not necessarily a policy shift, but trying to show that the rules will be different with t...

Widely from spontaneous, to a long-planned engagement with taiwan. it seems to be in the middle. im told the decision to take the call was carefully considered by president-elect trump and his team, but not as a new deviation in that u.s.-china policy. and his advisers are down playing this as a courtesy call, denying any policy shift before trump has taken office. but unsurprisingly, the white house and state department are worried about the fallout. heres josh earnest. >> its unclear what the ...

China should understand the two faces. on the one hand trump is bluffing and unpredictable and on the other hand, he has no plans to overturn foreign relationsh relationships. they are looking at the signs to see if this signals a policy shift or part of the rhetoric that donald trump did engage on the campaign trail. at this point, china is maintaining close contact with the transition team. >> donald trump is keeping everybody on their toes. donald trump is taking a unique approach on the of...

They feel the importance of upholding the bilateral relationship with the u.s. and china and the economic trade relationship with the two countries. the spokesperson went on to say china doesnt comment on the style or personality of foreign politici politician, but policy. the question is what is the policy we will see under a trump administration? how will the longstanding u.s. and china policy shift? there have been signs and signals. the tough rhetoric he took toward beijing on the campaign t...

Taiwan and other people in the world are trying to figure out this blunt call was it because of the trumps inexperience in the policy. or was it something more significant signaling a major policy shift by the incoming white house. i think its going to take them some time to figure out. thats why, in the meantime, theyre walking a very fine line by making this displeasure known without throwing the whole situation into total chaos before mr. trump even takes office. >> thank you so much. >> lets...

Trump having by accepting this call? and theres the first tweet you were talking about, the president of taiwan called me today to wish my congratulations on winning the presidency. thank you. >> right. rather than a tweet saying this is a significant policy shift for the first time since 197 the, im going to give a speech detailing the reasons why i think this is important. none of that. just she happened to call me. no biggie. clearly this is a big deal and hopefully wasnt just talked into it....

Chinese foreign minister earlier on saturday. n response to a question over this controversial phone call. but mr. wong also said, "i dont think it will change the one-china policy that u.s. administrations have adhered to over the years. the one-china policy is the cornerstone of a healthy u.s./china relationship. i hope the political foundation wont be disrupted or damaged." yes, china seems to be giving the trump team the benefit of the doubt by placing blame on taiwan for this sharp breach o...

The relationship. it is very tricky between taiwan, china and the united states. to do it in the equivalent of a drunken late night booty call -- >> oh, come on. how are these two things analogous? >> you heard kellyanne conway say, look, this was very planned out. >> the question is, was it really planned out given that president-elect bush -- president-elect trump, forgive me, hadnt consulted with the state department or the white house. im sure he had a small number of advisers. if this reall...