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Why is President Biden not making the visit?
by matt321 4y ago
Why is President Biden not making the visit?
- Victerius 4y agoBecause it would be a BFD (big f- deal), to use Joe Biden's own words. The only time in history that a U.S. president visited Taiwan was when President Eisenhower toured the country and met with former ruler Chiang Kai-shek in 1960. President Trump's phone call with President Tsai Ing-wen was the first time a U.S. president-elect had directly spoken to a Taiwanese leader since former President Carter severed diplomatic relations in 1979. A presidential visit to Taiwan would be such a big deal that it might just prompt China to attack, or do something short of it, like freezing US assets in China or banning all electronics exports to the US.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoIt would be incredibly irresponsible to travel with an active COVID infection
- mrcheesebreeze 4y ago