MSNBC Meet the Press June 4, 2024 09:18:00
We had them during the cold war, the height of the cold war when the u.s. and the soviet union were squaring off, but, chuck, we do have the ability to speak to china at high levels, and as i mentioned, secretary blinken spoke with his counterpart, the top diplomat of china wang yi at munich just a few days ago. so it is not just that all lines of communication are shut off, but rather, we do not have the military-to-military exchanges that we think are necessary to ensure stability. >> do we have anything scheduled with xi in a phone call in the near term? >> nothing scheduled at the moment, ...