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IADEMO2004

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5. Ambassador Brainfart to you 47 of 74
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:52 AM
Dec 2016
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-07/trump-said-to-pick-iowa-governor-branstad-as-china-ambassador

President-elect Donald Trump offered the post of U.S. ambassador to China to Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, a longtime friend of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to three people close to the matter.

Branstad, a Republican, has accepted the offer, said the three people, who asked for anonymity.

The decision comes at a time of heightened tensions with China after Trump abandoned almost four decades of diplomatic protocol on Dec. 2 by speaking directly with the leader of Taiwan, which Beijing considers a rogue province. Trump has been critical of China’s currency policies and military build-up. He hasn’t named his choice for secretary of state, the top U.S. diplomatic post.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang called Branstad an “old friend” of that nation’s people.

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He'll have his hands full interpreting tweet storms

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SO if he is given a cabinet post billymike Dec 2016 #1
She slithers in 47of74 Dec 2016 #4
Ifreynolds is guv, I may have to move. JPPaverage Dec 2016 #2
Off to China? IADEMO2004 Dec 2016 #3
Ambassador Brainfart to you 47 of 74 IADEMO2004 Dec 2016 #5
Yeah I saw that this morning. 47of74 Dec 2016 #6
Having his son on Twitler's campaign pays off. progressoid Dec 2016 #7
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