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Report: Trump’s call with Taiwan was planned for months

By Caitlin Yilek
Published December 5, 2016 2:47am ET
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Report: Trump’s call with Taiwan was planned for months
The Friday call breaks decades of diplomatic protocol between the U.S. and China. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Chinag Ying-ying, File) | Evan Vucci, Chiang Ying-ying

President-elect Donald Trump’s historic phone call with the leader of Taiwan was meant to be provocative.

The phone call on Friday between Trump and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen had been planned for months, people involved with the planning told the Washington Post.

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