He says America can’t be trusted as the same force for stability it once was.
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Seeing detainees from North Korea ‘one of the greatest joys of my life,’ Pence says
The vice president talks with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl.
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The Note: Trump’s presidency on the world stage
The TAKE with Rick Klein
Donald Trump’s presidency stands at this moment somewhere between nuclear war and a Nobel Peace Prize – and somehow seems more stable than it’s been in a while.
This particular split-screen – stepping toward an agreement with North Korea while bringing Americans home, stepping toward a confrontation with Iran with a fresh warning after ending the nuclear deal – may be united by little beyond the notion that if President Barack Obama did it, his successor wants to do the opposite.
But it’s also the fulfillment of a fundamental campaign promise, one based on Trump’s instinct: to disrupt. This he is doing, with reverberations felt this week alone from Teheran to Damascus to Pyongyang to Jerusalem.
Even Trump critics will muster credit for the president if the result is a more peaceful world.
That conclusion, though, is not preordained. The pieces Trump is moving on the global stage interact with each other in unpredictable ways – some that may adjust for…
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American prisoners freed by North Korea meet with Donald Trump
The three men all had been detained at least a year.
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GOP cadre tries to force immigration debate in House
A small group of House Republicans attempt to reignite the immigration debate.
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History in the making as Trump welcomes prisoners home
Just maybe, the extraordinary scene that unfolded in the dead of night on an airfield outside Washington early Thursday is the start of something truly historic.
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Trump welcomes 3 Americans freed by North Korea
Under an American flag and dark night sky, US President Donald Trump personally welcomed home three American detainees Thursday morning after they were released from North Korea.
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Trump greets freed Americans, acknowledges Otto Warmbier’s grieving family
President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday the grieving parents of Otto Warmbier during the ceremony welcoming back the three newly freed Americans from detention in North Korea.
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Forget Iran: Television, prodded by lawyer, pounces on Cohen-Russia allegation
It’s mildly amusing to watch cable pundits say that Michael Avenatti hijacked the prime-time coverage on Tuesday night from what was unquestionably a story of global importance, President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
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Budget boss Mulvaney’s $327M proposed cut for Congress draws pushback
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney irked some members of the House Appropriations Committee on Monday after proposing that Congress slash $327 million from its $3.8 billion Legislative Branch funding bill.
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