After the recent Group of Seven (G7) summit in Quebec, there can no longer be any doubt that the West is in crisis. Yes, “Western” countries have often pursued divergent foreign policies (as illustrated by the Iraq War), and “the West” is itself a vague concept.
Kim Jong Un doesn’t appear to be in a rush to dump his nuclear weapons.In talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, the North Korean leader reiterated his call for a gradual process to carry out the results of last week’s summit with United States (US) President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration withdrew from the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on Tuesday, making good on a pledge to leave a body it accused of hypocrisy and bias against Israel.“For too long, the Human Rights Council has been a protector of human rights abusers, and a cesspool of political bias,” Nikki Haley, the American ambassador to the UN, said Tuesday at the State Department in Washington.
President Donald Trump pushed back against criticism that he gave too much ground to North Korea at last week’s summit, saying the United States (US) “got so much” out of the meeting, including the return of American citizens.The president also defended his decision to halt military exercises with South Korea in the region, writing that the so-called war games can start again if a deal isn’t reached with North Korea.“Holding back the ‘war games’ during the negotiations was my request because
President Donald Trump is betting Beijing will blink first in the showdown over tariffs. Such an outcome is far from assured - and it could also take a while.Trump said Friday the United States (US) will slap duties on US$50 billion in Chinese imports, with the first wave of tariffs to cover US$34 billion of goods and take effect 6 July. The president threatened to raise the total even higher if China retaliated, which it swiftly pledged to do.
The Trump administration moved the United States (US) to the edge of a trade war with China by announcing tariffs on US$50 billion in Chinese imports and pledging additional investment restrictions, which Beijing immediately vowed to retaliate against.The response from China signalled a rapid escalation of the dispute.
Mixed reactions followed the recently concluded summit between United States (US) President, Donald Trump and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un.
If United States (US) President Donald Trump wanted to discredit the West, he could hardly be doing a more thorough job of it.
All eyes were on the Capella Hotel in Singapore, the location of the historic summit between the President of the United States (US), Donald Trump and Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. The previously unimaginable encounter saw the leader of the free world shake the hand of a third-generation leader of a ruling dynasty, whom just months ago, he had an intense verbal exchange with and threatened to rain “fire and fury” if the latter endangered the US.
President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un took a historic first step toward ending decades of enmity between the United States (US) and North Korea, shaking hands to start a summit between two adversaries that only last year had seemed on the brink of nuclear war.With sombre expressions, the two men opened their highly anticipated meeting in Singapore shortly after 9 a.m. local time Tuesday, marking the first face-to-face encounter between a sitting US president and a leader of North Korea.
Tuesday, 12 June 2018 will be a date etched in world history when Donald Trump meets Kim Jong Un as it will mark the first meeting between a sitting United States (US) President and a Supreme Leader of North Korea. Departing from the G7 Summit, Trump called his meeting with Kim a “one-time opportunity” which “will not be wasted” on Twitter.
When Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met in Moscow in 1988 to discuss nuclear reductions, Reagan compared it to appearing in an epic cinematic production by Cecil B. DeMille.
