Shouldn’t the President Know Foreign Policy...

Rick wrote: I never saw Trump looking at note cards during a press conference, or any other president in history for that matter. Do you have video evidence?

There is a commentary in today’s WSJ reminding us that it is the 40th anniversary of the shooting of President Reagan. Interestingly the author, the first FBI agent on scene, notes that the USSR called off its proposed invasion of Poland after the shooting. Coincidental?
This post is somewhat off topic, but the world knew where the USA stood with regard to foreign policy during the Reagan presidency.

President Biden and the new Secretary of State are letting China do whatever it wants. Will Taiwan fall during the Biden years?

I think that the Taiwan/ PRC relationship going forward is going to be telling as to the USA policy overall with regard to the PRC. Taiwan is one of our biggest if not the biggest trading partner in the Far East. Think computer chips, semi i-conductors, etc. a highly educated work force. This is going to be a watermark in the foreign policy of the Harris-Biden administration. Argue as much as you like over the support of NATO, our traditional allies, etc. but what we do in the Far East is much more important.

“ the world knew where the USA stood with regard to foreign policy during the Reagan presidency “

You’re damn right they did, and it worked. The world has yet to see what Biden’s decision makers have planned.

ramage wrote: I think that the Taiwan/ PRC relationship going forward is going to be telling as to the USA policy overall with regard to the PRC. Taiwan is one of our biggest if not the biggest trading partner in the Far East.

Actually, it's China (by far). Then Japan, Then South Korea. Then Taiwan.

Sorry, I looked at imports that are essential. As I noted computer chips, etc. if you choose to equate other imports, it is your choice.

ramage wrote: Sorry, I looked at imports that are essential. As I noted computer chips, etc. if you choose to equate other imports, it is your choice.

If you chose to limit Far East exports to computer chips, it's your choice.

The Biden administration is moving to put semiconductors, artificial intelligence and next-generation networks at the heart of U.S. strategy toward Asia, attempting to rally what officials are calling “techno-democracies” to stand up to China and other “techno-autocracies.”

The approach is already getting a positive response from Congress, where lawmakers are proposing a number of bills aimed at bolstering U.S. technology, such as the Chips Act, which would offer incentives to bring chip manufacturing back home, and the Endless Frontier Act to invest more broadly in technological advancement.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-...f-u-s-china-strategy

Biden’s China policy emphasizes competition—political, economic, technological—not containment or confrontation. It’s, rightly, more about what we do at home and with our allies than what we do against China itself.
Excellent analysis

CHINA is the country to watch...THEY will over take America in most fields...making them "top dog".