Speaking of the recent missile strike against the Sha'irat airbase in the Homs province of Syria ordered by Trump, the official said that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies responded to the move with "understanding".
It turns out that wielding power - as opposed to criticizing it - can change your outlook.
"The U.S.is making up its mind to stop the North from conducting further nuclear tests". He learned from Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump explained, that China simply can't eliminate North Korea's nuclear capabilities.
In a further irritant to Moscow, Trump signed off Tuesday on Montenegro joining North Atlantic Treaty Organisation next month, expanding the alliance's footprint in the Balkans.
Economist Dean Baker of the left-leaning Center for Economic and Policy Research says the timing of Trump's change of views was likely related to an annual report on trade manipulators that is due from the Treasury this weekend.
Although Trump was highly critical of central bank chief Yellen during the campaign, and indicated he would not nominate her to another four-year term as chair, he backed away from that position. This week's reversals follow his shift on Syria last week, when Trump fired cruise missiles at an airbase after repeatedly saying he opposed US involvement in the country's civil war.
"They were all sounding much tougher on Russia, much more like the Obama administration, and the outlier was the White House", said Angela Stent, director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University. Last year, at the height of tensions between China and the incoming USA president, Shen called on Beijing to close its U.S. embassy if Trump continued to engage with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen after taking up office. And Thursday, the president tweeted that he had "great confidence that China will properly deal with North Korea".
But after appearing emotionally moved by the sight of young Syrian children who were victims of the deadly sarin gas attack presumably ordered by President Bashar Assad, Trump gave the order for the missile attack on a Syrian air force base.
There's foolishness in Trump's hurtling from position to opposite position, yet there's cleverness too.
"And we made a determination to do it", he continued.
Indeed, it is hard to tell what the policy of the administration is in regard to Syria.
"The Syrian strikes last week hasten the interest, but what I am working on with my colleagues is not with respect to action in Syria", said Sen.
'You have no idea how many people want to hear the answer to this.
That hope's been around for a long time, and has done little but provide the North with time and space to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
China has sought to portray last week's summit - which came after months of tension between Trump's administration and Beijing - as a resounding triumph, said a Guradian report on the Fox interview.
After hearing the news, the Chinese president was speechless for 10 seconds, Trump said.
Zhou Qi, the director of Tsinghua University's National Strategy Institute in Beijing, said it was logical for China to do more to curb Kim's nuclear program if actions were taken within the United Nations framework.
"North Korea is looking for trouble". If not, we will solve the problem without them!
"They want the government involved in certain financial deals", Scissors says.
"Now, I have to tell you, it's an unbelievably complex subject", he told a group of governors at the White House in late February. "We'll see whether or not he does". "We look forward to meeting together many times in the future".
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