He wants to work out a trade pact with the United States and has been trying to avoid a trade war but he also warned china is not afraid to retaliate when necessary. Eunice yoon joins us putting in his comments du jour. There is always something for those who think it is going to happen and then a qualifier. What do you think . That is right it is interesting that president xi jinping weighed in. This is the first time weve heard those remarks. Unfortunately, the content were not anything different from the standard government line about the trade discussions. He was speaking with a group of International Visitors including henry kissinger. His point was that china does want to have a phase one trade deal however there does need to be an understanding that u. S. And china are seen as equals and it has to be done with mutual respect. Thats what we had heard repeatedly what was also interesting was how he hinted at some of the tensions saying when it comes to the financial opening, china
On the ground without a military presence the Democratic Senate leader fears u. S. Actions will have grave consequences for kurdish fighters fata alongside u. S. Forces to defeat eisel hes particularly concerned with reports the United States withdrawal has now allowed some eisel fighters to escape the president s incompetence without a one in syria has handed isis a get out of jail free card and put simply put american lives in danger well it was about Foreign Policy President Trump white house address was geared to a domestic audience already campaigning for reelection President Trump is keen to show hes keeping a Campaign Promise withdrawing u. S. Soldiers from a generation of war kimberly help at aljazeera the white house theres been an explosion and one of the towns now on the turkish control 4 civilians were injured a solomon job has more from xanga often near the turkish syrian border. More russian patrols have been reported in northeast syria comedown for 150. Pause to allow ku
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A media reporter for the hill in charlottesville we have David Swanson he is the executive director of world beyond war dot org and Campaign Coordinator for roots action dot org and in washington we cross to our been for he is a Libertarian Party president ial candidate as well as author of pull out men modern life and mutiny are gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to joe joe very broadly speaking speaking has Political Correctness just simply poisoned political discourse because what weve gotten down to is people only talking to people that agree with themselves and and what its done is it is its really completely corrupted and he kind of debate i debate people all the time with different political views and i learn something and i enjoy it but i dont see that happen its happening less and less where people have different views speak to each other because. When they do their call they call the or interlocuto
Kind of goodwill discussion and when youre talking to a person that disagrees with you go ahead joe yeah we call it safe spaces here and in this country and not just on College Campuses anymore it happens in the way people consume news as well they will watch certain channels or read certain publications that validate their own worldview without trying to to your point learn about anything else here a different perspective weve become more closed minded than ever before and to your point about Political Correctness as youre asking the question fortunately for computer right in front of me i googled it because i wanted to reference a poll that i read recently 52 percent of americans and quoting a majority of independents said they are against the country becoming more political politically correct and are upset that they are too there are too many things that people cant say anymore about a 3rd said theyre in favor of the country becoming more politically correct like to meet those folk