In other news, despot-elect Donald Trump has officially endorsed the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Obama administration supports rerouting the pipeline so that it does not violate tribal lands but, you know, both parties are the same, right?
Meanwhile, Team Trump has also apparently told AT&T their purchase of Time Warner will be approved. Trump said he would block the deal on the campaign trail. Of course he won't.
Finally, Trump may have ignited an international incident today after speaking with the president of Taiwan by phone.
“The Chinese leadership will see this as a highly provocative action, of historic proportions,” said Evan Medeiros, former Asia director at the White House national security council.
“Regardless if it was deliberate or accidental, this phone call will fundamentally change China’s perceptions of Trump’s strategic intentions for the negative. With this kind of move, Trump is setting a foundation of enduring mistrust and strategic competition for US-China relations.”
Happy Friday.