threaten taiwan and other u.s. allies in the region. >> there would be other steps that would be provocative. but taking a call for real or under the guise of simply being a courtesy, i think that's a good way to say he knows taiwan is a good actor, and taiwan, at least in trade, is a bad actor. . those are what's destabilizing everyone's feelings about asia, and rather than send another fleet to the region, he's been able to tell china that they better reconsider that tools like diplomacy, a good ambassador to china, forcing china back to living up to things they've already agreed to in trade, i think all of that is important. but that doesn't start until after donald trump is sworn in. >> if you had your way, you would stop the tweeting, right? >> you know, i didn't get elected. i didn't run. but if i had run, i probably