Reactions to clueless narcissist Donald "Rump" Trump's protocol-smashing call with Taiwan's President (see post below), violating decades of the U.S.'s "one China" policy, reflect new fears that this unqualified shitgibbon will lead us into an international crisis or a war out of ignorance, manipulation by his reactionary staff, and/or putting his business interests over everything else. Some reactions:
It is hard to overstate the bottomless pig-ignorance & recklessness, of this step.— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) December 2, 2016
Presidents from Nixon onward had careful PRC/ROC protocol https://t.co/s9EqhOjoT8
If you want to change the rules, you can as president. But don't change them inadvertently by ignorance. https://t.co/Gw3qYkYudN— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) December 3, 2016
Trump now oscillating between violating domestic political norms (undermining American democracy) and foreign policy norms (dangerous) https://t.co/rcUwfPH0ZP— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) December 3, 2016
If we're all going to die, at least it will be for a really good cause like a licensing deal in Tapei that Trump will never pay any taxes on— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) December 2, 2016
Case in point: Trump is going to be awful at presidenting. Fear is the damage he'll do to the country and the world. https://t.co/2SxTJR9pPn— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 2, 2016
Trump’s unusual phone call is great for his business, dangerous for America https://t.co/3ce0HcHlXD pic.twitter.com/kbw617IAkB— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 2, 2016
AT TRUMP TOWER— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 3, 2016
"Okay, hit the lights. CHINA... an ancient land of contrasts. Next slide please. Mr. Trump, put down the phone sir."
They're literally explaining this to China by going "Don't take offense he just didn't know any better!" #Taiwan pic.twitter.com/F2mxjkJab7
— Sean Kent (@seankent) December 2, 2016
