Trump delivers defiant defense of his foreign policy approach to skeptical U.N. audience – The Washington Post

UNITED NATIONS — Declaring that the United States will “never apologize for protecting its citizens,” President Trump delivered a defiant defense Tuesday of a transactional worldview that is increasingly at odds with consensus-driven international bodies such as the United Nations. He used an address to the U.N. General Assembly to warn that his administration will…

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‘Two dictators’: Fox News host says sorry for reference to Trump-Kim summit | Media | The Guardian

The Fox & Friends host Abby Huntsman apologised to viewers on Sunday, after referring to Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un of North Korea in Singapore as “that meeting between the two dictators”. Huntsman, the daughter of US ambassador to Russia and former Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, was discussing Trump’s arrival in Singapore with…

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Rex In Peace 

Photo: Getty Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and is nominating CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace him. The Washington Post was the first to report the news. Tillerson has often found himself publicly at odds with Trump when it came to major issues like North Korea, the decision to move America’s…

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The Trump administration’s North Korea plan pretty much starts a war – Salon.com

President Donald Trump is considering a military strike against North Korea that his advisers hope, somehow, wouldn’t lead to war. It’s called the “bloody nose” strategy, and it’s based off of the idea that if America launched a limited military strike against North Korea — say, by attacking one of their facilities — that they could…

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North Korea launches ballistic missile into Sea of Japan – The Washington Post

TOKYO — North Korea claimed the entire United States mainland was within reach after “successfully” testing a new kind of intercontinental ballistic missile, which it called the Hwasong-15, and said could carry a “super large heavy warhead.” While Pyongyang is prone to exaggeration, its boast of having all of the United States in range is…

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North Korea vows to unleash ‘unimaginable’ nuclear strike on U.S. – NY Daily News

North Korea issued another threat of nuclear annihilation against the U.S. on Thursday, vowing to unleash an “unimaginable strike at an unimaginable time.” The warning comes as American military forces conduct ongoing joint naval exercises with South Korea. “The U.S. is running amok by introducing under our nose the targets we have set as primary…

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