Sabtu, 29 Juni 2019
Highlights from Trump's G20 news conference - Washington Post
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2019-06-29 16:42:05Z
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Trump embraces dictators and despots in deal-making G20 summit - CNN
On Friday and Saturday here, Trump sat for talks with men accused of masterminding election fraud and a grisly murder. He worked to strike a trade deal with the President of a nation imprisoning a million religious minorities in remote camps. And he tweeted an optimistic "meet you there!" message to the despot who's assassinated underlings with anti-aircraft guns.
Trump's penchant for dictators has always been a pronounced aspect of his foreign policy, but in Japan he appeared to throw aside attempts at masking it. If there is a Trump foreign policy doctrine -- and there is no consensus among experts and analysts that there is -- it would most likely center on the pursuit of deals, no matter the dealmakers.
"It's about relationship. Otherwise, you end up in very bad wars and lots of problems," Trump explained during a breakfast with the powerful Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was named last week by the United Nations as a probable orchestrator of the murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist who lived in the United States.
With tiny jars of strawberry jam and vases of yellow roses on the table, Trump brushed off a question on whether he would raise Khashoggi's murder, which was carried out using a bone saw.
"Uh," Trump said, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat frowning next to him, "thank you very much."
In Trump's view, it's the bad guys who can make the deals worth making, not necessarily the traditional US allies who are bound by legislatures and political concerns that would hamper their ability to negotiate.
With Prince Mohammed, Trump hopes to secure new commitments for purchases of military equipment. And the Middle East peace plan devised by his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner depends on financial contributions from the wealthy Gulf monarchies to the Palestinians, a gambit that has drawn deep skepticism.
Those efforts, more than the advancement of human rights or justice for a gruesome murder, are Trump's stated goals. The US President said later he had raised the Khashoggi matter in private with Prince Mohammed, describing himself as "extremely angry."
But he defended himself against the notion he only cozies up toward dictators.
"I get along with a lot of people," he said. "I also get along with people who would be perceived as being very nice."
Trump's worldview isn't new
The realpolitik nature of Trump's worldview is not new, but in Japan it came into its sharpest relief as the President darted from meeting to meeting with accused murder masterminds, avowed authoritarians and former spies.
Trump hoped to find further realization of his view that only interpersonal skills can resolve the global disputes of the day in his closely watched trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Beforehand, Trump himself insisted on a delay to a planned speech by Vice President Mike Pence pegged to the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, which was expected to call out China's troubling human rights and religious freedom record. He was concerned the message might appear discordant with his trade efforts, according to a person familiar with the decision.
Clearing any obstacles toward a trade understanding, Trump found himself with an agreement, albeit one that looked awfully familiar to the understanding he reached with Xi seven months ago, when the two sides agreed to hold off on tariffs as talks proceeded.
Asked after the meeting how it went, the hawkish trade adviser Peter Navarro -- an ardent advocate for tariffs who's irritated more moderate members of Trump's team -- just gave a shrug with both hands.
In Japan, Trump met briefly with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who he deemed a "fantastic woman." And he was frequently approached by French President Emmanuel Macron for some intense words, though they did not meet formally.
Instead, Trump's highest-profile meetings were reserved for leaders who have tended toward authoritarianism.
A date with Kim?
It was due to continue at his next stop in Seoul, when Trump is hoping to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for a handshake at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
"I just thought of it this morning," Trump said of his tweet, framing the message to Kim like an email to some distant cousin who lives in a city he's passing through. "We'll be at the area."
Whether it was as spontaneous as Trump made it out to be is doubtful; he told reporters from The Hill newspaper earlier in the week he planned a visit to the DMZ but the White House asked the outlet to delay publication citing security concerns.
Planned or not, the potential encounter with Kim comes without the back-and-forth negotiations that preceded Trump's earlier two summits with the leader, both of which have so far failed to rid the country of its nuclear weapons. In the end, the Singapore and Hanoi summits were more about friendship than hard-fought dealmaking anyway, and the DMZ handshake doesn't appear any different.
Trump, who has sought to imbue his diplomatic efforts with drama and intrigue, was eager to assess the reaction in Osaka.
"Have you seen my tweet?" Trump asked South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the leaders' coffee lounge, according to Moon's office. When he responded affirmatively, Trump gave a thumbs up.
With other leaders, Trump employed hyperbolic congratulations for those who'd recently won elections -- just as some of his own early foreign-courters used outsized compliments of his upset victory in their efforts to woo him.
"We're with a gentleman who had one of the greatest election wins anywhere in the world," Trump said next to Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right President who's adopted Trump's populist (and, in Bolsonaro's case, misogynistic and homophobic) rhetoric.
"You did indeed have a landslide election. That was a great election," Trump told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, praising him for "pulling everybody together" despite accusations he's given more power to a Hindu majority at the expense of Muslims and other minorities.
An eye on 2020
Electioneering is never far from Trump's mind, particularly as he nears his own reelection battle. He arrived in Japan pledging to remain focused on the work at hand -- an intentional attempt to project a presidential air while his rivals were squabbling among themselves back home.
Those assurances didn't last long; Trump deemed the first night of the Democratic debates "BORING!" in a tweet and later told Germany's Merkel that, after passing by a television set in the G20 airing the event, he wasn't impressed. How or why a television was airing a US political debate backstage at the G20 isn't clear; it's seems more likely that Trump's aides arranged for the broadcast to sate his interest in his rivals.
He couldn't offer election congratulations to the Saudi Crown Prince, who achieved his powerful post through birth and will never face an election. But he found room to praise him nonetheless for the reforms that once captured the world's attention.
"I think especially what you've done for women -- I'm seeing what's happening; it's like a revolution in a very positive way," Trump said.
While some new rights for Saudi women have been secured, including the ability of women to obtain drivers' licenses, strict guardianship laws still restrict the rights of women in the country. Ivanka Trump, the President's daughter and senior adviser, seemed more pointed when she provided notice during a session on women's empowerment that those issues would be on the agenda even with repressive regimes.
"The United States looks forward to working with all of those here today, including Saudi Arabia which will be hosting the next G20 presidency, to advance these important and critical goals," she said.
Putin's presence
There's no other leader that has intrigued Trump like Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose efforts to elect him Trump has denied, despite assessments from US intelligence agencies. Trump has spent the first years of his presidency angrily consumed by the investigations into the Russian election meddling, but this week seemed in a lighter mood.
After greeting each other like buddies, Trump smirked when asked whether he would warn Putin not to meddle again.
"Yes, of course I will," Trump responded, turning to Putin to wag a finger, "Don't meddle in the election."
Earlier, Trump employed a favored phrase to make some small talk as he awaited the start of the meeting.
"Fake news is a great term, isn't it? You don't have this problem in Russia, but we do," he told Putin, who objected: "We also have."
In some ways, Trump's behavior appeared designed to inspire outrage in his opponents rather than appease Putin. After all, the more Trump's congressional rivals view him as overly accommodating to Russia, the more likely they are to take matters like sanctions into their own hands -- putting Putin in an awkward position as he works to cultivate Trump.
A study of contrasts came last Friday, when the outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May met herself with Putin for the first time since a Russian poisoning effort in Britain killed two UK citizens.
"Stone-faced" would be too warm a term to describe May's visage as she met Putin for a photo-op. Starting ahead without catching Putin's eye, the prime minister's mouth turned downward and her arm barely extended past her hip as she forced Putin to reach out to her for a handshake.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/29/politics/g20-donald-trump-bin-salman-putin-xi-dictators/index.html
2019-06-29 15:15:00Z
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France weather: Heat wave spreads across Europe - CNN International
France is expecting temperatures of 39 degrees Celsius (103 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts on Saturday, a day after it shattered its record mark multiple times in one day.
Spain, which is dealing with the aftermath of a wildfire that tore through 10,000 acres of forest in the country's north-east on Friday, is bracing for temperatures of up to 42 degrees, according to its national meteorological body AEMET. The country is still affected by a "mass of tropical wind coming from Africa'a mass of tropical wind coming from Africa," the agency said.
And the UK saw its hottest day of the year by some distance, with the mercury rising to 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 Fahrenheit) and threatening the country's hottest-ever June mark of 35.6 degrees, set in 1976.
The hot weather is hitting sporting events across Europe, including the first-ever Major League Baseball game to be played in London. In a sign of how unusual the June heat wave is, organizers at Lord's Cricket Ground in the city even allowed spectators at the World Cup match between Australia and New Zealand to remove their jackets at the pavilion.
At Glastonbury, revelers ditched the mud-proof boots usually associated with Britain's most famous music festival -- and showers at the event were closed to preserve water at the Worthy Farm site.
The continent has been baking in the heat all week, with cities springing into action to prevent it from turning fatal.
French authorities have taken a number of radical steps this week to prevent a repeat of the tragic consequences of the 2003 heat wave that left around 14,000 people dead. Around 4,000 schools were closed in the country on Friday and the opening hours of parks and public swimming pools have been extended.
Paris activated its heat emergency plan last weekend, put together in the aftermath of the 2003 heat wave. Cooling rooms were opened in some municipal buildings and mist showers were installed in the streets in the city, which is seeing temperatures of over 35 degrees on Saturday.
Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic all recorded their highest-ever June temperatures during the week.
And the heat is set to move east in the coming days, with countries including Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary preparing for marks in the mid-30s at the start of next week.
Climate scientists have warned that heat waves such as this one are becoming more frequent and increasingly severe because of the climate crisis. Météo-France, the country's meteorological body, said the frequency of such events is expected to double by 2050.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/29/europe/europe-heatwave-saturday-scli-intl/index.html
2019-06-29 15:55:00Z
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President Donald Trump on hot-button issues at G-20 | USA TODAY - USA TODAY
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2019-06-29 14:23:08Z
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5 Takeaways From the G20 Summit: Easing Off the Trade War, for Now - The New York Times
OSAKA, Japan — Before President Trump had even arrived for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, this past week, he set the tone by attacking America’s closest allies, including the host country.
By the time he left for South Korea on Saturday, he had shared jokes with President Vladimir V. Putin about getting rid of journalists and about election meddling, surprised his aides with an overture to the leader of North Korea, and announced the resumption of stalled trade talks with China.
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Here are five takeaways from Mr. Trump’s dive back into international diplomacy.
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The trade war with China has shifted.
After meeting China’s leader, Xi Jinping, on the side lines of the G20 summit, Mr. Trump told reporters on Saturday: “We discussed a lot of things, and we’re right back on track” with trade talks.
Mr. Trump also said that the United States would not impose any new tariffs on Chinese exports while the talks were underway, and that China had agreed to resume broad purchases of American farm products and other goods.
The negotiations broke down seven weeks ago, when the Chinese side said that it could not accept some provisions that had been tentatively agreed to in an incomplete draft. The Saturday developments delay the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on some $300 billion in Chinese imports.
In a more surprising move, Mr. Trump backtracked on a ban on sales of American equipment to Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant. “U.S. companies can sell their equipment to Huawei,” Mr. Trump said, explaining that he wanted to help American companies that had complained about the ban. In exchange, he said, China agreed to buy a “tremendous amount” of American food and agricultural products.
In May, the Commerce Department put Huawei on a blacklist that prohibits American companies from selling equipment to Huawei. The move was a major blow to Huawei, which relies on chips and other equipment from the United States.
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Trump and Kim Jong-un may meet again soon.
Mr. Trump said on Saturday that he would visit the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea on Sunday and publicly invited Mr. Kim, the North’s iron-fisted leader, to meet him there.
In a post on Twitter, Mr. Trump said he would be happy to see Mr. Kim.
North Korea indicated on Saturday that it would welcome such a meeting.
[Read more about the stakes of Mr. Trump’s invitation]
“I consider this a very interesting suggestion, but we have not received any official proposal,” Choe Son-hui, North Korea’s first vice foreign minister, said in a brief statement carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.
Mr. Trump’s tweet caught the diplomatic corps and even his own advisers off balance, since his last meeting with Mr. Kim, in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February, ended in dramatic failure. He told reporters that the tweet had been spontaneous. “I just thought of it this morning,” he said. “We’ll be there, and I just put out a feeler.”
In reality, he had been toying with the idea for days. The Hill, a Capitol Hill news organization, reported on Saturday that Mr. Trump had signaled his interest in the idea during an interview on Monday. The White House asked that his comment not be reported because of security concerns.
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Backing the Saudi crown prince sends a powerful signal.
No one is more important to Saudi efforts to rehabilitate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi than President Trump, who hosted the de facto Saudi ruler for a personal breakfast on Saturday where he lavished praise on the prince as a reformer opening up his society.
Mr. Trump’s actions sent a powerful signal to the rest of the world and represented a cold-eyed calculation that America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia was more important than the killing of one dissident.
Mr. Trump depicted the prince as a revolutionary figure who is modernizing his country and fighting terrorism. “It’s like a revolution in a very positive way,” Mr. Trump said. “I want to just thank you on behalf of a lot of people, and I want to congratulate you. You’ve done a really spectacular job.”
The president ignored questions from reporters about the prince’s role in the killing and dismemberment of Mr. Khashoggi last October. He also asserted that Prince Mohammed was “very unhappy about” the murder.
Mr. Trump’s own Central Intelligence Agency long ago concluded that the crown prince ordered the murder of Mr. Khashoggi, who was working as a columnist for The Washington Post while living in the United States, and a United Nations investigator recently pointed the finger at Prince Mohammed as well.
Climate change is still a core dispute.
Climate change stood out as a clear area of dispute among the world leaders coming into the G20 summit in Osaka. Mr. Trump has signaled that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, while President Emmanuel Macron of France threatened this past week that he would not sign any joint statement unless it dealt with climate change, which he called a “red line.”
In a clear move to prevent the group from splintering, the final statement that leaders agreed to at the summit’s conclusion on Saturday reflected an agree-to-disagree approach. The statement said that those signatories that had confirmed their commitment to the pact at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires last year “reaffirm their commitment to its full implementation.”
But the statement also declared that the United States reiterated “its decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement because it disadvantages American workers and taxpayers.”
Prime Minister Shinzo of Abe of Japan, the host of the meeting, acknowledged after the end of the final general session that there had been “major differences in opinions” on climate change. “But to hand over a better planet to the next generation is shared by everyone,” Mr. Abe said, adding, “I believe what is important is to deliver outcomes.”
Climate activists expressed disappointment that the G20 had not been able to push for more aggressive targets.
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Trump was distracted by politics at home.
Even from 7,000 miles away, Mr. Trump kept close tabs on his 2020 Democratic rivals.
The president demonstrated a close familiarity with a dramatic exchange on Thursday between Senator Kamala Harris of California and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Ms. Harris drew favorable reviews, particularly on the left, for her stinging attack on Mr. Biden’s history of opposing school integration through busing and his warm recollections of his work with segregationist senators.
Mr. Trump said he was less impressed: “I thought that she was given too much credit,” he said. “It wasn’t that outstanding.”
Mr. Trump also lashed out at a former president, Jimmy Carter, who had questioned the legitimacy of Mr. Trump’s 2016 victory by saying he had “no doubt” that Russia had meddled in the presidential election.
“He’s a nice man. He was a terrible president,” Mr. Trump said in response to a question during a news conference. He added: “I won not because of Russia, not because of anybody but myself.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/world/asia/g20-summit-takeaways.html
2019-06-29 13:59:28Z
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Trump suspends new tariffs, U.S. and China to restart trade talks - CBS News
Osaka, Japan — President Trump and China's Xi Jinping agreed to restart trade talks on Saturday, averting an escalation feared by financial markets, businesses and farmers. "We're going to work with China where we left off," he said.
Mr. Trump said existing U.S. tariffs would remain in place against Chinese imports while negotiations continue, but additional tariffs he's threatened to slap on other Chinese goods will not go forward for the "time being."
Mr. Trump spoke after a lengthy meeting with Xi on the margins of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka. The U.S. president pronounced relations with China "right back on track," but doubts persist about the two nations' willingness to compromise on a long-term solution.
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The apparent truce continues a pattern for talks between Mr. Trump and Xi, who have more than once professed their friendship and hit pause on protectionist measures, only to see negotiations later break down over contentious details.
Eleven rounds of talks have so far failed to end the standoff. The U.S. has imposed 25% import taxes on $250 billion in Chinese products and is threatening to target another $300 billion — a move that would extend the tariffs to virtually everything China ships to the U.S.
China has lashed back with tariffs on $110 billion in American goods, focusing on agricultural products in a direct and painful shot at Mr. Trump supporters in the U.S. farm belt.
Saturday's meeting between the two leaders was the centerpiece of four days of diplomacy in Asia for Mr. Trump, whose re-election chances have been put at risk by the trade war that has hurt American farmers and battered global markets. Tensions rose after negotiations collapsed last month.
Mr. Trump said the talks with Xi went "probably even better than expected."
Seated across a lengthy table flanked by top aides, both leaders struck a cautiously optimistic tone after they posed for photographs.
"We've had an excellent relationship," Mr. Trump told Xi as the meeting opened, "but we want to do something that will even it up with respect to trade."
Xi, for his part, recounted the era of "ping-pong diplomacy" that helped jump-start U.S.-China relations two generations ago. Since then, he said, "one basic fact remains unchanged: China and the United States both benefit from cooperation and lose in confrontation."
"Cooperation and dialogue are better than friction and confrontation," he added.
China and the U.S. are sparring over the Trump administration's allegations that Beijing steals technology and coerces foreign companies into handing over trade secrets. China denies it engages in such practices. The U.S. has also tried to rally other nations to block Chinese telecom firm Huawei from their upcoming 5G systems, branding the company a national security threat and barring it from buying American technology.
Mr. Trump said Saturday he would allow U.S. companies to sell their products to Huawei, but he was not yet willing to remove the company from a trade blacklist. The move could draw pushback from Democrats and congressional leadership.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-china-trade-talks-restarted-trump-suspends-new-tariffs-today-2019-06-29/
2019-06-29 12:11:00Z
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Trump tweets Kim Jong Un an invitation to meet at DMZ - CNN
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2019-06-29 11:45:42Z
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