Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo tweeted a photo of dried pineapples in Taiwan on the 11th, supporting Taiwan’s clear position. (Photo source: Pompeo’s tweet)
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has always taken a strong stance in support of Taiwan, shared a photo of his home on Twitter on the evening of the 11th, EST, in which he is playing chess while enjoying dried pineapples from Taiwan. In response to Pompeo’s friendly tweet in support of Taiwan, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Political Affairs Tian Zhongguang said that Pompeo has a good chance of visiting Taiwan this year.
This morning Taiwan time, Pompeo shared his leisurely home photo on his Twitter account, in which he was wearing an army green cap T and concentrating on playing chess, interestingly, he was tasting dried pineapple from Taiwan at the same time. The tweet reads, “As a freedom advocate, enjoy some dried pineapples from Taiwan, General (checkmate).” “Checkmate,” meaning the Chinese Communist Party was “outflanked” by him.
Pompeo promoted many Taiwan-friendly policies during his tenure and continued to support Taiwan after he left office, so all sectors in Taiwan are very concerned about whether he plans to visit Taiwan after he leaves office.
During a questioning session of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan today, legislator Wang Dingyu reiterated his concern about the progress of Taiwan’s arrangements for Pompeo’s visit to Taiwan. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Tian Zhongguang replied that Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., Xiao Meiqin, had met with Pompeo at Twin Oaks, “which is a very good sign. Tanaka also said that there is a good chance that Pompeo will visit Taiwan this year.
Representative to the U.S. Xiao Meiqin hosted former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a dinner at Twin Oaks Park in Washington on March 31. It is understood that this is the first time the two met, and Yu Maochun, who previously served as Pompeo’s chief China policy adviser, also attended together. (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Representative Office in the U.S.)
Taiwan Representative to the U.S. Xiao Meiqin also forwarded this warm photo through Facebook, she said she ordered two boxes of dried pineapples from Taiwan to send to friends in both parties in Washington, D.C. She was very happy that Taiwan’s dried pineapples were loved, and after distributing the two boxes, asked the representative office to order more, and found that Taiwan had sold out of stock.
For Pompeo today in the Twitter posted while playing chess eating Taiwan dried pineapple photo, Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe immediately recognized it is the product of Tainan manufacturers, he immediately left a message on Twitter, invited Pompeo can personally come to Tainan to taste the sweet taste of fresh pineapple.
Huang Weizhe said in a joint media interview in the morning that the dried pineapple packet in Pompeo’s photo was from the dried fruit factory in Tainan City’s Guantian District, and he accompanied Vice President Lai Qingde to visit it on February 28, and was glad that Pompeo would like it and take it as a snack when playing chess after tea.
Huang Weizhe also said, pineapple sweet high, hope Pompeo to pay attention to, can not eat more fat, if there is an opportunity in the future, he will consider sending more Taiwan dried pineapple, dried mango to Pompeo.
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