Mike Pence said there was nothing to read into regarding Donald Trump’s phone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, calling the conversation a “courtesy call” on NBC’s Meet the Press. “She reached out to the president-elect and he took the call from the democratically-elected leader of Taiwan,” Pence told host Chuck Todd, noting the call on Friday was on of more than 50 Trump has held with world leaders since winning the election. The leaders of the U.S.