thursday discussions with ecowas. where will they go, what will be done, will they take planned military action as promised or will the diplomacy continues. and a lot of people watching to see what ultimately comes of that. would ybustephanie busari, than. new images show kim jung-un touring the country s armed factories and even firing a weapon. and u.s. officials remain concerned about potential arm sales between russia and north korea as moscow pushes for even closer ties to pyongyang. brian todd reports. reporter: from north korea s dictator, more flexing of military muscle, sporting a white tunic and hat of a revolutionary, kim jung-un mounted machine g. gun guns par
do we have enough deterrence to stop an aggression coming from communist china? as you mentioned, steve, the chinese government says it s outraged over another visit as well by taiwan s leader to the reagan library in california to meet house speaker kevin mccarthy. we must continue the arm sales to taiwan and make sure such sales reach taiwan on a very timely basis. the peace that we have maintained and the democracy which have worked hard to build, are facing unprecedented challenges. we once again find ourselves in a world where democracy is under threat. and the urgency of keeping the beacon of freedom shining cannot be understated. on at least three separate occasions president biden has pledged to defend taiwan against chinese invasion. at the white house karine jean-pierre did not appear
need to be prepared to respond with severe sanctions and international condemnation whether those arm sales happen overtly or co veteranly because china has a long track record of covert arms shipment the last 30 years, reminds us we can t rely on the good judgment of xi jinping, he s been on a world order in which china is at the top of a hierarchy, it s in direct competition to the rules based international order, which right does not make right the united states helped to put together after world war ii and we have to defend it forcefully on the world stage, alliances initiatives to strengthen democracy, diplomacy and security initiatives we need to do all of this with countries like nigeria, india, mexico, rising global south to build a web of alliances against it s chinese party. you were part dell gets