Goldberg: ‘I Have No Problem Playing Hardball with China’ But Trump Team ‘Messaging Doesn’t Back that Up’

GOLDBERG: "I will say as someone who thinks that Chiang Kai-shek was the rightful ruler of China, not Mao, that I have no problem with the idea of sending this kind of signal, messing with China, starting out strong and all the rest. The problem is, if that was the intent as 'The Washington Post' story today implies and other reporting backs up, then why were Kellyanne Conway and Mike Pence out there selling a different story? The messaging behind the decision is schizophrenic. But if this is part of some strategic ambiguity, we can give them the benefit of the doubt. I have no problem playing hardball with China. But the messaging doesn’t back that up.”