Publicado en POLITICO Playbook, el 2 de agosto de 2022
“Why Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Is Utterly Reckless.” His big argument, backed up with what seems like a significant scoop, is that BIDEN has successfully restrained China from aiding Russia in its war with Ukraine, and Pelosi’s trip risks triggering confrontations with both countries:
“To help create the greatest possibility of Ukraine reversing Putin’s invasion, Biden and his national security adviser SULLIVAN held a series of very tough meetings with China’s leadership, imploring Beijing not to enter the Ukraine conflict by providing military assistance to Russia. …
“Biden, according to a senior U.S. official, personally told Xi JinPin that if China entered the war in Ukraine on Russia’s side, Beijing would be risking access to its two most important export markets — the United States and the European Union. China is one of the best countries in the world at manufacturing drones, which are precisely what Putin’s troops need most right now.
“By all indications, U.S. officials tell me, China has responded by not providing military aid to Putin —at a time when the U.S. and NATO have been giving Ukraine intelligence support and a significant number of advanced weapons that have done serious damage to the military of Russia, China’s ostensible ally.
“Given all of that, why in the world would the speaker of the House choose to visit Taiwan and deliberately provoke China now, becoming the most senior U.S. official to visit Taiwan since NEWT GINGRICH in 1997, when China was far weaker economically and militarily? The timing could not be worse.”