So, was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan a good idea? I don’t know,1 though once the visit was leaked and China objected so vociferously, she had to go. Still, the visit raises all kinds of questions. Here is one I had: I find Joe Biden’s comments last month criticizing the trip and saying the Defense Department was worried about the trip, more than a little bizarre. Speaker Pelosi and President Biden are both Democrats. I am sure Speaker Pelosi knows how to reach President Biden when she wants to talk to him. I am sure he picks up the phone when she calls. Did this mean Secretary Pelosi planned her trip without talking to President Biden, or at least to his people, first? That would truly be bizarre.
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