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May 01 , 2017
  • The Washington Post：Trump is not ruling out military action against North Korea
    The Washington Post reports: "President Trump did not appear to be ruling out military action against North Korea if the country pushes forward with its nuclear weapons program. In an interview with CBS News's John Dickerson that aired Sunday on 'Face the Nation,' Trump said he would not be pleased if North Korea takes that step. 'He's going to have to do what he has to do. But he understands we're not going to be very happy,' Trump said of the country's leader, Kim Jong Un. Pressed by Dickerson on whether he means there could be military action, Trump did not confirm, but he also did not deny. 'I don't know,' he said. 'I mean, we'll see.' The president also emphasized China's role in putting pressure on North Korea and said he has established a good relationship with President Xi Jinping. 'I don't think they want to see a destabilized North Korea. I don't think they want to see it. They certainly don't want to see nuclear on — from their neighbor,' he said of China. 'They haven't liked it for a long time. But we'll see what happens. The relationship I have with China, it's been already acclaimed as being something very special, something very different than we've ever had. But again, you know, we'll find out whether or not President Xi is able to effect change.' "
  • The Wall Street Journal：How to Defuse the North Korean Threat
    The Wall Street Journal comments: "North Korea has embarked at breakneck speed upon a slipshod effort to field land-, mobile-, and submarine-based ICBMs with nuclear warheads. Unlike the eight other nuclear powers, North Korea's doctrine resides unknowingly and capriciously in the mind of one man. All nuclear doctrines are different, but most never go beyond the conditional when treating their arsenals as instruments of deterrence. North Korea, however, issues an unrelenting stream of histrionic threats that comport with its recklessness...Avoiding an escalation crisis is in the interest of all involved, China no less than the U.S. Although America's outrageous neglect of the North Korean nuclear threat has led to this pass, there is still a way out. It requires steady nerves and a clear view of the strategic interplay among all parties. The fundamental dynamics of interests and security are now bringing China into a genuine, if temporary, alignment with the U.S., Japan, and South Korea. The U.S. should be wide awake to this in the days to come, because it may be, in fact, the only way out. If not, Katy bar the door."
  • Salon：Donald Trump didn't notify the State Department, National Security Council before inviting Rodrigo Duterte
    Salon comments: "A new report reveals that neither the State Department nor the National Security Council were consulted before President Donald Trump's decision to invite Philippine dictator Rodrigo Duterte to the White House. Trump extended the invitation to Duterte on Saturday after a conversation that the White House described as 'very friendly,' according to a report by The New York Times. Senior officials with knowledge of the situation state that both the State Department and the National Security Council are expected to protest this decision internally, in part because neither was consulted prior to Trump making his offer...As John Sifton, the Asia advocacy director of Human Rights Watch, told The New York Times: 'By essentially endorsing Duterte's murderous war on drugs, Trump is now morally complicit in future killings. Although the traits of his personality likely make it impossible, Trump should be ashamed of himself.' By contrast, the Trump administration is depicting their invitation of Duterte as an effort to keep that nation out of China's sphere of influence."
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