“To allow America to be intimidated by Chinese propaganda, right after that, frankly, President Biden had a phone call, a big phone call, with [Chinese President] Xi Jinping … would send a very bad message to our friends in the region: the Australians, the South Koreans, the Japanese,” Pompeo told host John Catsimatidis on WABC 77 AM’s “Cats Roundtable.” Pelosi announced Sunday that she will embark on a four-nation tour of Asia and is set to lead a six-member congressional delegation to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. She did not include any mention of Taiwan in her plans, despite many reports of her intention to visit the region. “I don’t agree with Speaker Pelosi very often, but she made it clear that she wanted to visit, on her own, visit Taiwan, an independent, sovereign nation. And now, the Biden administration is saying, ‘Well, maybe that’s not smart,’” Pompeo said. Manchin defends climate and tax deal with Schumer in multiple shows as Democrats cheer for Biden after big week President Biden said earlier this month that the US military “doesn’t think it’s a good idea at this time” for Pelosi to visit the island. China warned that the trip could “have a serious negative impact on the political basis of China-US relations and send a seriously wrong message to separatist forces of ‘Taiwan independence’.” Under the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the US is committed to helping self-ruled Taiwan defend itself against Beijing, but the US has remained strategically vague about its position on Taiwan, which China claims as its own.
