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Nancy Pelosi: A Bad A$$ 82 Year Old or a Profoundly Corrupt Gerontocrat?
Which is it?
The trip to Asia was supposed to have taken place several months ago.
But back in April, Speaker Pelosi was battling Covid which meant that the trip to the pacific rim had to be put on hold till it became feasible for her to travel safely.
At a time when most octogenarians would favour spending the rest of their days in a retirement home and putting their feet up, Nancy Pelosi is ripping up the rule book and playing her part in re-configuring our highly complex world.
And how exactly is she doing this?
By going out to Taiwan to ‘stand with’ their government in their fight against the Chinese.
Biden, who has tacitly and implicitly supported this move by one of the most prominent Democrats, has come out to say that Speaker Pelosi acted independently and contrary to the advice of America’s military intelligence.
And the Chinese, who are deeply affronted by Pelosi’s visit to what it sees as its territory and sphere of influence, have acted quite angrily by launching a few ballistic missiles very close to Taiwan territory to ostensibly frighten its tiny neighbour and also to remind everyone of its capabilities.