“North Korea openly states that its ballistic missiles are meant to deliver nuclear weapons to strike cities in the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan”, Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, explained.
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South Korea deemed the missile launch the first test of Trump’s previous statement that defending against nuclear attacks from North Korea was a “very, very high priority”, although Trump did not mention South Korea in his statement on Saturday night.
Donald Trump has launched a series of tweets targeting the treatment of his daughter Ivanka, the “failing New York Times”, Islamic refugees and claims the cost of his Mexican wall would come “WAY DOWN” when he gets involved in negotiations, all while hosting the Japanese Prime Minister at his privately-owned resort at the weekend.
On Monday, Norm Eisen, former ethics czar for President Obama, expressed disgust on Twitter with Trump’s decision to handle the North Korea situation in front of his dinner guests, and called the identification of “Rick” a “tremendous security violation”.
The Guardian published a photo by Ms Erika Bain showing Mr Trump smiling at the camera, while Mr Abe was getting up from his seat and aides were huddling behind them.
“It is also believed that it was an armed provocation to test the response from the new U.S. administration under President Trump”, it added. He was scheduled to appear on four news shows.
“The United States of America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent”: US President Donald Trump.
He has recently also patched up ties with China and together the pronouncements illustrate a shift to a more mainstream stance on policy towards Asia.
Both photos emerged after Trump’s weekend getaway in Florida with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, where the two world leaders played Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf course.
She was criticized on Friday when Akie Abe made several stops in D.C. without the traditional presence of the First Lady as a tour guide.
According to the Washington Post, “apart from repeating the usual pledges to work to stop North Korea from reaching its nuclear goals, the Trump administration has said little on what it would do to stop Kim”.
– “North Korea’s most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable”. “I think there will be a number of different strategies on the table”.
“And also we are going to further reinforce our alliance”. Trump said that the US “stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent”. With that, they left the room.
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Presidents are covered by a press corps, particularly when they are in the middle of important meetings with Japanese leaders.
