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Prime Minister Abe, President Trump Make Joint Statement On N. Korea Missile Launch
CBSPhilly via AP, Feb 11, 2017



PALM BEACH, FL. (AP) — For most of the day President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used golf under the Florida sun to show the world the U.S.-Japan alliance remained strong. Then events half-a-world away provided a more significant example of cooperation.

After North Korea reportedly launched a ballistic missile, the two leaders appeared for hastily prepared statements in a ballroom of Trump’s south Florida estate. Abe spoke first and longest, though his statement was terse.

“North Korea’s most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable,” Abe said through a translator. He added that the North must comply fully with relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions, but also noted that Trump had assured him that the U.S. supported Japan.

“President Trump and I myself completely share the view that we are going to promote further cooperation between the two nations. And also we are going to further reinforce our alliance,” he said.

Trump followed Abe with even fewer words, saying in part: “I just want everybody to understand and fully know that the United States of America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100 percent.”

More:  http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/02/11/prime-minister-abe-president-trump-make-joint-statement-on-n-korea-missile-launch/



« Last Edit: February 12, 2017, 03:28:50 pm by Right_in_Virginia »

geronl

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Sounds like Trump didn't even know what the topic was.