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On June 8, during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G-7 summit in Quebec, President Donald Trump made a joke about leaving the summit early. Goodwill between them has been rare since then.
To Rep. John Yarmuth , absolutely nothing was funny about a "joke" President Donald Trump made about wishing Americans would "sit up at attention" when he speaks , like the citizens of North Korea do for leader Kim Jong Un . "You don't understand sarcasm," Trump told a reporter who asked him to explain what he meant by this, and then asked who the journalist worked for.
On his return from Singapore, President Trump lamented on Twitter that his "thought process must sadly go back to the Witch Hunt." Even before he left Washington for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un , Trump was looking ahead to the scheduled release of a report by the Justice Department 's inspector general, who was expected to sharply criticize the president's nemesis, former FBI Director James B. Comey .
Korea, the long-forgotten war fought by a long-forgotten generation, is, thanks to President Donald Trump, finally back on the front burner. As part of the denuclearization deal, the North Korean leader committed to the recovery and repatriation of the remains of some 6,000 U.S. soldiers killed in North Korea.
Each week, USA TODAY's OnPolitics blog takes a look at how media from the left and the right reacted to a political news story, giving liberals and conservatives a peek into the other's media bubble. This week, commentators debated the significance of President Donald Trump's historic meeting with North Korean despot Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
This Report Says I Was Wrong. But That's Good for the F.B.I. - The Department of Justice's independent watchdog, the inspector general, has released a report that is critical of my decisions as F.B.I. director during the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email account.
This Report Says I Was Wrong. But That's Good for the F.B.I. - The Department of Justice's independent watchdog, the inspector general, has released a report that is critical of my decisions as F.B.I. director during the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email account.
This Report Says I Was Wrong. But That's Good for the F.B.I. - The Department of Justice's independent watchdog, the inspector general, has released a report that is critical of my decisions as F.B.I. director during the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email account.
This Report Says I Was Wrong. But That's Good for the F.B.I. - The Department of Justice's independent watchdog, the inspector general, has released a report that is critical of my decisions as F.B.I. director during the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email account.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders smiles as she wishes President Donald Trump a happy birthday, during the daily briefing, Thursday, June 14, 2018, in the Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. less White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders smiles as she wishes President Donald Trump a happy birthday, during the daily briefing, Thursday, June 14, 2018, in the Briefing Room of the White House in ... more WASHINGTON - The White House on Thursday defended President Donald Trump's decision to return a military salute to a North Korean three-star general.
The salute from Trump to the totalitarian nation's general, broadcast by North Korean state media, made some raise their eyebrows. Trump saluted a North Korean general, state media shows, an unusual act of respect The salute from Trump to the totalitarian nation's general, broadcast by North Korean state media, made some raise their eyebrows.
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His meeting with G7 leaders played well with his base, who see the president as putting America's economic interest first. And he's coming off from a historic summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un that could lead to a denuclearization of that rogue nation and almost certainly has brought us back from the brink of war.
A day after MSNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews called out President Trump for "coming out like a kiss butt" in dealing with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, the liberal pundit reveled on Wednesday in comparing Republicans to North Korean soldiers and comments by Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker that GOPers are part of a "cult" for enthusiastically backing President. Not surprisingly, Matthews seemed a little confused about whether to make the Republican comparison to those who committed mass suicide in Jonestown by first ruling at 7:21 p.m. Eastern that "Corker's not exactly a bomb thrower and he's not comparing this guy to James Jones and drinking the kool-aid and cults and that's pretty deep."
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un hold a signing ceremony at the conclusion of their summit at the Capella Ho WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Just over half of all Americans say they approve of how President Donald Trump has handled North Korea, but only a quarter think that his summit this week with Kim Jong Un will lead to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday. In a joint declaration following their meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, the North Korean leader pledged to move toward complete denuclearization of the peninsula and Trump vowed to guarantee the security of the United States' old foe.
South Korean President Moon Jae-In said on Thursday the world had escaped the threat of war after this week's Singapore summit, echoing U.S. President Donald Trump's upbeat assessment of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea June 14, 2018.
Give the nomination this much credit - at least it comes after some concrete action, if still wildly premature. Two Norwegian legislators have nominated Donald Trump for a Nobel peace price in 2019 - this year's nominations are closed - for signing an agreement with Kim Jong-un in Singapore on Monday.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Just over half of all Americans say they approve of how President Donald Trump has handled North Korea, but only a quarter think that his summit this week with Kim Jong Un will lead to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday. In a joint declaration following their meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, the North Korean leader pledged to move toward complete denuclearization of the peninsula and Trump vowed to guarantee the security of the United States' old foe.
Winning several standing ovations, Vice President Mike Pence gave an often laudatory campaign-style speech Wednesday to the closing session of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, calling it "one of the greatest forces for good anywhere in America." Pence, an evangelical Christian, repeatedly made clear that the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. is viewed by him and President Trump as a vital part of their conservative base heading into the midterm elections.
President Donald Trump believes China shares America's goal of a denuclearized Korean peninsula in a preview of an interview set to air on Fox News Wednesday. Fox News anchor Bret Baier pushed Trump on whether he believes he is playing into China's desire by stabilizing the Korean peninsula and disengaging from the region by canceling U.S. military exercises after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.