5 Apr 2017 7:21 am
Because that's often the way diplomacy works with unfriendly nations.Misty » 05 Apr 2017 12:44 am » wrote:There is nothing wrong with an incoming president asking the State Dep't or the outgoing administration to help create those contacts, so why did it have to be back-channel?
Kissinger conducted years of secret talks with the Chinese before Nixon's huge historic breakthrough.
And not that reality ever gets in your way, Trump is highly suspicious of the State Dept, so of course he'd bypass it.