The Pelosi-Taiwan issue

 Washington Examiner:

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe criticized the Biden administration for its handling of speculation that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will visit Taiwan despite warnings by China.

The Trump-era spy chief argued Chinese President Xi Jinping is capitalizing on President Joe Biden's "weakness" as Beijing and its mouthpieces in the media threatened severe consequences if Pelosi ends up visiting Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.

"It's been mismanaged by the Biden administration," Ratcliffe said on Sunday, responding in the affirmative to a question by Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo.

"And, to this point, she does need to go for the sake of our national security, so that the American people see that the Chinese Communist Party is not the one dictating American foreign policy, that it is the American government doing that, but the Biden administration publicly talking about it ahead of time and then not backing up Nancy Pelosi with the media or on the call with President Xi Jinping," he added. "I mean, I think we have come to expect that President Biden, his weakness comes through. We didn't have high expectations for that call, but, very clearly, he did not back up the speaker's right to go to Taiwan, and, as a result, President Xi is acting on that weakness."

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Chinese state media figures warned that Beijing would carry out "severe punishment" on Taiwan if Pelosi landed on the island, and a Chinese Foreign Ministry readout of a call between Biden and Xi claimed the Chinese leader warned his U.S. counterpart on the matter that "those who play with fire perish by it."

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Ratcliffe is right.  Biden appears to be easily bullied by the Chicoms.  They may cut off the deal Hunter has made with them and Biden will lose his 10%. 

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