Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwan president risks China's wrath

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(12-03-2016, 02:37 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: First of all, the phone call was made by the Taiwanese president.  Second, Donald Trump isn't going to insult her by letting the call go to voice mail.  Thirdnot, Taiwan is our natural ally in the region and they've been getting the middle finger from the US since 1978.

not disagreeing with anything you said, and I know its not exactly what you mean with the second point, but a guy I've known for a while was in the army in communications and was at the white house for 10 orb12 years. Anyway, and this may have changed as he was there before cell phones, but he said the president wasn't allowed to answer the phone. I never asked why (my original question was about people prank calling Reagan), but just guessed it had something to do with security. Unrelated to your post, but reminded me of something I always thought was weird. Most powerful man on the planet, not allowed to answer the phone.