This is why I find your alarmism on Trump so unpersuasive. I'm not sure I've heard a politician get forced to answer a question that they don't want to answer, yet because Trump does so in a slightly different manner its a problem? Honestly, how many times have we heard a debate answer that answers the prior question, or a completely different question, or a strawman? Pretty much every time a politician answers a question.
I tend to think we can rely on Trump to act when his self interest doesn't demand he acts, not sure we can rely on him to act against his self interest. But there was no choice in the general election if that was the standard you were pursuing, maybe not even in the primary.
It's not so much that Trump avoided answering the question (an annoying habit, but one that all politicians do at one time or another, if not constantly). It's the first part of the oxymoron--that people perceive that he did answer it, and in the way they interpret it to mean.
For Trump's opponents, he answered it in a way they disagree with. For his supporters, he answered it in a way they agree with.
But no one knows how he really answered it until he actually does something.

Which is why I firmly predict that those who voted for Trump will regret it. Even you, if you did vote for him. Partly because Republicans already have regretted the Bush presidencies. (How many times did the Republicans mention their last two Presidents in their last convention?

) And partly because, since no one knows what Trump really meant, they are bound to find out that they misinterpreted him on important issues.
And if those don't do it, then his inevitable mistakes from being inexperienced in politics will do it.
Which is why his phone call with Taiwan is so scary. Not because China will necessarily do something horrible because of it. But because China
might. Because Taiwan's sovereignty is an extremely sensitive issue with China, one they have stated they are willing to go to war over. And simply talking to Taiwan's president steps on China's toes. And Trump does not have the experience to know how sensitive China is and what their reaction will be.
So far, it looks like China is not making a big deal out of it, blaming the Taiwanese president more than him. (And since he called Trump, that is quite reasonable.

But I really wonder if Trump even considered the possibilities before answering that call.
Trump is like a 10-year-old getting to drive a Mac truck. You hope he is mature, cautious and responsible enough to get the truck to where he's going, but he hasn't shown any of those things yet, so you are pretty certain that something is going to happen before you get there. You just don't know if it will be a fender-bender to a head-on collision with another truck.
And we all passengers for the trip.
