Out stepped a tired and over-refreshed Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the Speaker of the US House Representatives, who insisted on making the trip despite warnings from President Brandon and Xi Jinping, emperor of the People's Republic of China.
Nasty Nancy's visit to Taiwan, which Communist China claims as its territory, marks the first time in 25 years that an American official of her level visited the "rogue province". The previous visit was in 1997 by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA).
I'm all for supporting Taiwan, and I think it would be great if the US reversed its support for Mr Xi's "one China" policy, but I don't think that's why Nasty Nancy is there. Looks to me like an attempt to start a fight with China to distract Americans from Senile Joe's failures at home... just in time for the mid-terms.
The Harris-Biden administration opposed her trip out of fear it would further destabilize the relationship with China at a time when the US of A is suffering from high prices of goods, supply-chain disruptions, and the futile pursuit of a green energy agenda, all of which the administration hopes it can work with China on.
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Pelosi first planned to take the trip in April but postponed it after contracting the Wuhan flu -- to which the Taiwanese government attempted to alert the World Health Organization (WHO) in December 2019. As we know, their warning was ignored. She brought with her a delegation of Democrat politicians, anxious to get some good photo-opos to impress the Chinese-American voters at home. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, declined to go.
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