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US President-elect Donald Trump is welcoming a parade of officials at the white-pillared clubhouse of his New Jersey golf club this weekend as he weighs who will be in line for roles in the new administration. Trump's Sunday schedule in Bedminster includes New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Kansas Secretary Setting a rancorous year aside, the pugnacious billionaire put on a smiling show of goodwill Saturday with former rival Mitt Romney.
The Rhodes Trust has named the 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars who will pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford University. The Rhodes Trust has named the 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars who will pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford University.
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to further open the economy as leaders of the Asia-Pacific countries met in Lima for the annual APEC summit. The push comes after Donald Trump, who was named the US president elect, promised to scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership during his campaign.
Vice president-elect Mike Pence, President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney leave the clubhouse after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration.
Several U.S. allies took aim at Donald Trump's views on global trade, while China's president made an impassioned call against the sort of protectionism favored by the president-elect at a summit of Asian-Pacific leaders Saturday. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is taking place in Peru as world leaders are on edge over Trump's campaign pledges to protect U.S. jobs by backing out of the not-yet-implemented Trans-Pacific Partnership and renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged world leaders meeting in Peru on Saturday to help get more people online to improve global living standards while separately announcing new measures to cut down on fake news stories on the social network that some suggest could have helped sway the US presidential election. The Facebook founder took on the role of an evangelist for "connectivity" as he spoke at an Asian-Pacific trade summit, lamenting that half the world has no access to the online world and is being deprived of its economic potential as well as advances in science, education and medicine.
Mitt Romney emerged smiling Saturday from a closed-door meeting with President-elect Donald Trump - a face-to-face sit down he called "thorough and in-depth" after they traded bitter barbs with one another during a divisive election. Taking a softer tone, Trump and Romney seemed to bury the hatchet at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey - where the businessman-turned-politician moved his White House transition team for the weekend - in a meeting that lasted about an hour and a half.
President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney met Saturday at the billionaire's golf club in New Jersey, putting a year of conflict aside for a smiling handshake - though they did not indicate what, if any, role the 2012 GOP hopeful might play in the new administration. Trump flashed a thumbs-up and said the sit down "went great."
From the density and detail of the backgrounds to the amazing camera work, "The Stranger" is full of signature Orson Welles' touches, but my favorite is Welles' behind-the-scenes decision to use very long shots in order to flummox the slice-and-dice plans of the editor - the studio had demanded Welles work under - in exchange for funding his film. "The Stranger" is a plot-driven, studio project that Welles took on specifically to prove that he could make that kind of film.
A leading Republican voice on national security matters said Saturday he doesn't care what President-elect Donald Trump says, the United States will not reinstate waterboarding. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said at the Halifax International Security Forum that any attempt to bring back harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, which simulates drowning, would quickly be challenged in court.
During a meeting in Peru, Obama again urged all sides in the dispute over the South China Sea reduce tensions and resolve their disputes peacefully. He encouraged China to advance economic reforms, including a transition to a market-determined currency exchange rate.
Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping met for the final time Saturday, with the Chinese leader warning of a "hinge moment" in relations after Donald Trump's election. "I hope the two sides will work together to focus on cooperation, manage our differences, and make sure there is a smooth transition in the relationship and that it will continue to grow going forward," Xi said at the start of their last meeting together in Lima, Peru where they are attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
Standing over 1.8m tall, with a large, unruly shock of hair, the president-elect saw himself as the champion of the common people against the educated elites, while his enemies - of which he had a large number - saw him as an unsophisticated loudmouth and a bitter partisan. The country was divided and had for years been fighting close elections, in which even his wife's supposedly disreputable past was considered fair game.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney met Donald Trump at Trump's golf course in New Jersey on Saturday afternoon, though neither man said anything definitive about Romney joining Trump's administration. "We had a far reaching conversation," Romney told reporters after the hour-and-a-half long meeting.
"Donald Trump met with Mitt Romney, once a fierce critic of the president-elect who is now being floated as a potential pick for secretary of state, on Saturday afternoon, setting aside the friction between the two men and signaling a willingness by Trump to entertain different points of view on foreign policy," the Washington Post reports. Romney said the men had a "very thorough and in-depth discussion" regarding "the various theaters in the world where there are interests of the United States of real significance."
Obama will close a three-nation, post-U.S. election... . President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One during his arrival at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.
Here's the latest for Saturday, November 19th: President-elect Donald Trump meets with Mitt Romney; 'Hamilton' cast member gives Vice President-elect Mike Pence an earful; World leaders arrive at APEC summit; Exhibition of ice sculptures in Germany. AP Top Stories November 19 P Here's the latest for Saturday, November 19th: President-elect Donald Trump meets with Mitt Romney; 'Hamilton' cast member gives Vice President-elect Mike Pence an earful; World leaders arrive at APEC summit; Exhibition of ice sculptures in Germany.
Has Trump shifted GOP prospects in Pa.? The party eyes a long-term shift in Pennsylvania after Donald Trump's surprise win Check out this story on ldnews.com: http://on-ydr.co/2g948vR Donald Trump, republican presidential candidate, thanks the crowd after a campaign rally at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday, November 4, 2016. HARRISBURG, Pa.