Branstad says being called ‘old friend’ by China’s president ‘a good thing’

Former Governor Terry Branstad says as President Trump’s ambassador to China, he routinely accepted criticism of the United States from Community Party officials in a formal setting. Branstad says the process has a name in diplomatic circles. It’s called a demarche “A demarche is getting chewed out by the other country,” Branstad says. “…I represented […]