Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan continues to make waves.
And this time, it is former US President Donald Trump who takes up the controversy.
At a meeting in Wisconsin, he said on Friday that the Speaker of the House of Representatives' visit to the island gave an "excuse" to China, calling the trip "stupid".
Seeming to allude to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the former American president considered that “China and Taiwan are next”.
"Just follow what's happening, and it's happening right before your eyes.
How stupid that she [
Pelosi
] went there," he called out to the crowd. "What the hell is this? was doing in Taiwan?" he asked.
President Donald J. Trump rips on Nancy Pelosi: "What was she doing in Taiwan?!"
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Relations between the United States and China deteriorated after the visit of Nancy Pelosi which was considered a "provocation" by Beijing, launching in retaliation military maneuvers, the United States having pledged not to have official relations with the island territory claimed by China.
Taiwan accused the Chinese army on Saturday of simulating an attack on the island and castigated the “irresponsible behavior of an autocratic regime”.
Suspension of judicial cooperation
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Manila that the United States was "determined to act responsibly" to avert a crisis after the "total disproportion" of China's response, he said.
China announced Friday the “suspension” of judicial and anti-drug cooperation with the United States, but also of the bilateral dialogue on climate change – among other areas.
In France, the reaction of Jean-Luc Mélenchon has also caused much ink to flow.
The leader of La France insoumise considered in two successive blog posts, Thursday and Saturday, that this visit constituted "a provocation", while "there is only one China", which "seats among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council", and that "Taiwan is an integral part of China" - a term defended by the regime in Beijing but refused by the authorities in Taipei.
