Before getting upset about something President-elect Donald Trump has said, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says he waits to see if he actually means it. "I do not respond to every comment by the president-elect because it may be reversed the next day," McCain said Monday in an interview with Reuters.
McCain's comment was prompted by a question about Trump's suggestion Sunday that the U.S. should not have to adhere to the longstanding "one China" policy, which recognizes Taiwan as a province of the mainland rather than as an independent nation. "I fully understand the 'one China' policy," Trump said on Fox News Sunday, "but I don't know why we have to be bound by a 'one China' policy unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade."
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