Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161206:

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161206:00:27:00

president-elect trump understand that balance in the conversation that he had. but i don't fault him for accepting the phone call. and yes, i'm sure it was a contrived phone call. i'm sure that it was set up, but -- >> he wasn't being punked. >> but there should be recognition. we made a commitment to taiwan a very long time ago. we do offer some protection to them. and we do have a relationship with them. but it's a relationship that is not meant to offense china. and that's a diplomatic balance. so this is unusual diplomacy. i had the privilege of representing the president of the united states at the president's inauguration in taiwan. i did not represent the people of the united states or represent the united states government p government, i represented the president. and that is a balance that has been such that we've maintained a good relationship with beijing and with taipei, and is not an easy thing to do. so words matter and i always tell the president, or a

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