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Donald John Trump Parkland student encourages protesters to 'keep screaming at your own congressman' Seven most memorable moments from 'March for Our Lives' Trump considering expelling 20 Russian diplomats over chemical attacks: report MORE 's recent picks for key national security posts are likely to lead to heightened tensions abroad and a more aggressive foreign policy footing by the White House. "Look for a ramp up in tension on the Korean Peninsula, in our relationship with China, certainly against Iran," Stavridis said told radio host John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York.
By Reena Bhardwaj, Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 24 : United States President Donald Trump's cabinet reshuffles have fueled concerns, not least after the latest appointment of hawkish John Bolton as National Security Adviser , just days after installing a former CIA chief as the new secretary of state. On Thursday afternoon, Trump decided to sack Gen.
Russia is supporting and even supplying arms to the Taliban, the head of US forces in Afghanistan has told the BBC. In an exclusive interview, Gen John Nicholson said he'd seen "destabilising activity by the Russians."
President Donald Trump's choice of John Bolton as his national security advisor places a hard-line unilateralist and keen advocate of military power at the center of the White House. Bolton has explicitly called for a preemptive strike on North Korea, advocates bombing to force regime change in Iran, and wants an open-ended military presence in Afghanistan.
The announcement last week that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to meet face-to-face with President Donald Trump to discuss the rogue regime's development of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles was hailed by many as wonderful news.
For months, President Trump's legal advisers implored him to avoid so much as mentioning the name of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, in his tweets, and to do nothing to provoke him or suggest his investigation is not proper. Ignoring that advice over the weekend was the decision of a president who ultimately trusts only his own instincts, and now believes he has settled into the job enough to rely on them rather than the people who advise him.
It takes much to make a figure like Rex Tillerson seem not merely sane but competent. The Trump administration, with its almost paranormal sense of revisionism and fantasy, has managed to make old Rex seem mildly credible.
Hillary Clinton was treated briefly at a hospital in western India after suffering a minor injury at her hotel, the head of the hospital said Friday Clinton, who has been visiting some of India's historic sites in recent days, arrived at the hospital early Wednesday and "was here for about 15-20 minutes," said Suresh Goyal, the CEO of Goyal Hospital in the city of Jodhpur. He declined to say what she was treated for.
China's once powerful anti-corruption chief, Wang Qishan, appears poised to make a comeback, just a few months after many thought he was moving into retirement. Wang - who will be 70 years old this July - is widely expected to be elected as China's vice president on Saturday during a meeting of the country's top legislature.
Ankit Panda writes that while Rex Tillerson's State Department drifted away from the White House, the new secretary may boost diplomacy's role in enacting Trump's agenda US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's services are no longer required, President Donald Trump has determined. Instead, Trump has chosen Mike Pompeo, currently the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to succeed Tillerson, the former ExxonMobil executive, as America's top diplomat.
Tuesday it was reported she sprained her hand- its unclear if it happened during the fall in which she braced herself with her hand on stone steps Hillary Clinton sprained her hand during her visit to India, after taking a nasty spill on the stairs while out touring a palace on Monday. It is not yet clear if the hand injury was a direct result of Monday's incident in which she fell not once but twice on the stairs and was pictured using her hand to brace her fall.
A retired US Army general and the chairman of the US house foreign affairs committee have emerged as candidates to become US President Donald Trump's ambassador to Seoul. Retired US Army General James Thurman and outgoing Republican Representative Edward Royce are under consideration for the ambassadorship, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the South China Morning Post .
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens as President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Katie Simpson is a senior reporter in the Parliamentary Bureau of CBC News.
President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him, in a major staff reshuffle just as Trump dives into high-stakes talks with North Korea. Trump announced the change in a tweet early Tuesday just four hours after Tillerson returned to Washington from a trip to Africa.
The announcement last week that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to meet face-to-face with President Donald Trump to discuss the rogue regime's development of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles was hailed by many as wonderful news. Kim, like his late father, is a master of brinkmanship - putting much of the world on edge at the prospect of a nuclear war, then appearing to back away.
Hopes for the release of three American citizens imprisoned in North Korea got a big boost by the news of a possible summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Freeing the prisoners would be relatively low-hanging fruit and a sign of goodwill by Kim.
One of President Trump's favorite words is "strong." His obsession with strength leads him to a love for unilateral announcements, denunciations of staff members by way of showing who is in charge, and Twitter wars designed to prove that he will not back down from any fight.
Trump administration officials said Sunday that the United States had made no concessions to the North Korean regime in exchange for what would be a historic meeting between President Donald Trump and the reclusive nation's leader, Kim Jong Un. But the White House also left open the possibility that the talks, which South Korean officials have said would happen by the end of May, could ultimately not occur - particularly if the North Koreans conduct nuclear or missile tests in coming weeks.