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  1. 18 minutes ago

    There is now a Trump Doctrine: no compromise with allies, full accommodation of adversaries

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    Have to admit my head is spinning from a world where Canada is POTUS's enemy and rotting in hell, and North Korea is a fantastic partner... Seriously?

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    1 hour ago

    Having watched the Singapore Summit could think it can do much better w Trump than it did w Obama

    So Trump gave up "provocative" war games w South Korea in exchange for Kim repeating old promises of denuclearization, so that he could claim a foreign policy triumph? Saudis, Israelis, Emiratis sure hope Trump doesn't follow up with a historic…
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    1 hour ago

    Trump acknowledges he spoke to Kim before the Singapore summit

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    4 hours ago

    Trump says in 6 months he might find out he was wrong about Kim Jong Un but won’t say so. “I don’t know that I’ll ever admit that. I’ll find some kind of excuse.”

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    2 hours ago

    Unfortunate spoke of US-RoK exercises as provocative war games. Also troubling he spoke of removing US troops w/o reference to reducing NK conventional mil threat. And suggestions he did not inform RoK govt in advance, if true, would be latest blow to an ally.

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    11 hours ago

    Kushner and Trump families have repeatedly talked about the "sacrifices" made by Jared and Ivanka to go into government. They made $82 million last year

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    6 hours ago

    Remember when they remade the movie Karate Kid 25 years later? That’s what this is:

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    Mar 11

    Here's my latest — Trump Is Smart to Talk to Kim Jong Un: The problem is the United States is nowhere near ready for this kind of high-stakes diplomacy — which I co-wrote with Joel Wit. via

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    Jun 11

    Is this meant to be reassuring? A WH official acknowledged the difficulty both sides have had working through...details of a nuclear deal but said Tuesday’s meeting btwn Trump & Kim will supersede the staff-level discussions and will drive the outcome.

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    Jun 10

    Canadians on the left and the right rally in support of Trudeau, who they see as having stood up to a bully

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    Jun 10

    . on : "We spent two days to obtain a text and commitments. We will stand by them and anyone who would depart from them, once their back was turned, shows their incoherence and inconsistency,”

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    Jun 10

    Alliances are formed to enhance strength, not communicate weakness and division. Attacks on leader of democratically-elected ally by WH staff (presumably at president’s behest) are thus ill-timed as well as appalling, short-sighted, and unprecedented.

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    Jun 10

    People get ready -- there's a train coming! India rebalancing ties with Pak. to open path to Eurasia

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    Jun 10

    Seems like only two things might avert an assault on : A strong U.S. pushback and pressure on UAE or A last minute deal negotiated by the UN envoy in which Houthis turn over control of the port Neither seems likely...

    Scoop: UN launches urgent effort to avert UAE assault on key Yemen port as US reluctantly moves towards backing what aid groups say could be devastating operation …
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    Jun 10

    So Trump is willing to wreck relations with a close ally just to appear tough with Kim Jong Un?

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    Jun 10

    The announcement of a ceasefire is a bold decision by both 's government and the , and could represent a step toward a peace process. New statement ⇊

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