re: If trump talking to Taiwan is nothing why did Reagan and bushes avoid it?

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In 2008 Obama claimed that he would engage the Iranians.

That was considered verboten at the time but I bet you were up at the front of the line cheerleading him for it.

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Well nobody expected him to give them billions and also a contractual guarantee that we would not attack them if they continued to build a nuclear program. The engagement was not what most Americans were expecting.