Obama was seen as a weak president, and  an appeaser that didn't appreciate the dignity of the office he held nor assumed responsibility for world leadership that the President of the United States demands.  His presidency truly was the reason that:  "Our allies no long trust us and our enemies neither respect of fear us" rang true.  After all any man who is President of the United States and bows to the waist before the Muslim king of Saudi Arabia like some dhimmi  apostate wanting forgiveness  is embarrassing.

But now the adults are in charge and are starting from the premise that the United States is a sovereign nation that need no approval or permission to talk to anyone, including Taiwan.   United States presently has an annual trade imbalance with China of $500+ billion, trade restrictions and tariffs on American imports, violations by China of  American patents and copyright laws in everything from movies to software licenses, and currency manipulation.  It must come to an end.