Source: Global Times
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] In 2016, the then-US President who had just taken office, Trump was once speculated by the DPP authorities as a "historical breakthrough" because he spoke with Tsai Ing-wen. However, those behind the scenes who recently led to the conversation revealed that Trump was "unhappy" afterwards.
According to the United News Network on the 328th, Stephen J. Yates, a former vice president of the United States, who served as the vice president's office during the period of former US President Bush, was regarded by many Taiwanese as the "master" of the phone talk between Trump and Tsai Ing-wen by many Taiwanese. When Ye Wanghui visited World Journal in New York recently, he reviewed the background of the call in detail. He said the call was facilitated by "many people", Tsai Ing-wen spoke with Trump in Mandarin at a special opportunity, but Trump was "unhappy" after the call because the impact was far beyond his imagination.
It is understood that Ye Wanghui is proficient in Chinese and worked as a missionary in Taiwan in the 1980s. He is often regarded as one of the important pro-Taiwanese people. He said that after Trump won the election, he received a congratulatory message from Tsai Ing-wen, and "important people" in his staff immediately asked for his opinions. "They asked me to write down the pros and cons of the call with Tsai Ing-wen, but what I didn't expect was that Trump's approach was consistent with my suggestions in the end."
Ye Wanghui said that after the United States "severed diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, the US president was elected, and all the congratulatory calls from previous leaders in Taiwan were rejected without exception. "The timing of this call happened to be special. It happened that Trump had just won and was still in the transition period. He could answer the phone in person, but no one would record it. Many pro-Taiwanese Americans and "independence" politicians on the island believe that this call was "significant" to Taiwan.
However, the call later caused an uproar. Ye Wanghui said the result made Trump unhappy, "because the attention that followed was far beyond his imagination." He said that Trump underestimated the mainland's reaction to this matter, "His past experience was doing business. For him, it was just about doing business. International relations issues were not about doing business. He did not expect that he could be so strongly boycotted. His company employees were once worried that it would affect the development of the group." Ye Wanghui also said that if Trump could be elected president again in 2024, "I guess he would not answer the call from Taiwan's new 'president' at that time."
