MANILA — U.S. President Donald Trump has, at the last minute, skipped the plenary session of the 18-nation East Asia Summit with events running behind schedule. Trump instead headed to Air Force One to leave the Philippines. The plane lifted off from Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, more than 30 minutes earlier than had […]
THE WHITE HOUSE — North Korea’s foreign minister says President Donald Trump “lit a fuse of war” on the Korean peninsula with his threat that the U.S. would “totally destroy” Pyongyang if attacked. Trump made those remarks in address to the U.N. General Assembly last month. “We can say that Trump has lit a fuse of […]
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to undercut his top diplomat Sunday, saying Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is “wasting his time” trying to negotiate with North Korea’s leader. In a series of tweets the president said: “Save your energy Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!” Hours later Trump elaborated, saying “being […]
WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump warned Thursday that “it will be a very sad day for North Korea” if the United States takes military action against it. The president, in a news conference in the White House East Room, answered a reporter’s question by saying “hopefully, we’re not going to have to use it [military […]