President-elect Donald Trump''s controversial telephone conversation with the leader of Taiwan was just a "courtesy call," US Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday.
"It was nothing more than taking a courtesy call from a democratically elected leader," Pence told ABC''s "This Week" program, speaking about the Friday call between Trump and Taiwan''s Tsai Ing-wen, which broke decades of US diplomatic policy and risks creating a serious rift with China.