According to Thomas Jefferson, we should seek: “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none”. In the view of John Quincy Adams: “America . . . goes not abroad seeking monsters to destroy.” Utilizing these words of wisdom, how can we extrapolate to the situation where President-elect Donald Trump spoke to the democratically elected leader of Taiwan? Was this a needless, war-mongering, attack on the People’s Republic of China? Not a bit of it. Rather, this was part and parcel of “honest friendship with all nations.” Taiwan is, whether China knows it or not, likes it … Continue reading Trump, China, Taiwan