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Before the next chapter in North Korea-U.S. relations is set to begin with the anticipated conclusion of the White House’s North Korea policy review, South Korean President Moon Jae-in reflected on the Trump years and his hopes for how the Biden administration will approach Pyongyang in an interview with The New York Times last week. Although Moon appeared careful to temper his criticism of Donald Trump, the former U.S. president responded with an excoriating, wide-ranging public e-mail last Friday. While it is certainly not new for Trump to blow up at criticism, the exchange is highly suggestive of the thinly veiled dynamics that were at play in South Korea-U.S. relations over the past four years.
heavy pushback from the top military leaders. the new york times reporting that administration officials say both defense secretary mark esper and army secretary ryan mccarthy have argued the moves would jurn miundermine the mili code of justice and serve as a bad example to other troops in the field. the trump administration has announced it will provide a, quote, cash payout to american farmers hurt by the u.s. china trade war. he tweeted our great farmers will receive another major round of cash compliments of china tariffs prior to thinking. the smaller farms and farmers will be big beneficiaries. in the meantime and as you may have noticed china is starting to buy big again, japan deal done. enjoy. the administration s plans to provide payouts to american farmers has its critics from george conway husband of president trump s senior adviser
and we ve taken in tens of billions of dollars worth of tariffs and we ve given those tariffs and by the way, the china is eating the tariffs, they re devaluing their currency, the price is very similar. they re eating the tariffs. and out of the tens of billions we gave our great farmers because they were targeted by china. because chinaio knows, very smat that farmers love trump and trump loves the farmers. i said to our [cheering] i said to our secretary of agriculture, sonny purdue, i said, sonny, how much did the farmers get hit by china targeting them and pulling back ged doing all sorts of things. i said $16 billion. i said that s okay, we will take $16 billion out ofid a much, mu, much larger number, we re going
you don t have to pay tariffs for companies when they move to the united states. it s simple business here. there s no tariffs to pay. many companies are already planning to move back to the united states or to move to the united states for the first time so they don t have to pay the 25% tariff. but they re moving to vietnam, they re moving to other places. we ll get plenty of them. our country must maintain a united front to achieve maximum results for our people. very simple. for years, farm income has declined. and we re talking about many years. this year, however, i was surprised to see this because i know that there s been really a trade attack on our great farmers, net farm income because our economy is doing so well is forecast to be nearly $8 billion higher than in 2016. did you know that? you re doing better than you did
planned and planning to move i think that the president is back to the united states or to very frustrated. move to the united states for the first time. i heard that was listening to so they don t have to pay the your show a while while i was waiting, brooke, i heard the 25% tariff. but they re moving to vietnam, comments from speaker pelosi. they re moving to other places. i don t think those will help. but we ll get plenty of them. our country must maintain a united front to achieve maximum now, speaker pelosi is entitled to her opinion and i respect her results for our people. opinion. i try to cut her some slack very simple. for years farm income has because she s in a tough spot. declined. and we re talking about many i think her democratic majority would like to impeach the years. this year, however, and i was a little surprised to see this president. i think the speaker is against because i know that there has it because she knows it wouldn t been really a trade attack on be