to bed to shore up the pacific alliance began in japan where traits of subtlety and nuance were in short supply. not his host prime minister shinzo one that very much. the reception was always going to be frosty here in south korea trump has accused all of weakness in the face of the north. yet trump speech to parliament confounded his critics. if you want peace you must stand strong at all times the world. at a big banquet the commander in chief had a diplomatic trick up his sleeve. videos of his granddaughter singing in mandarin a surefire way to please his hosts trump had cause to celebrate as he later claimed president xi would up the sanctions against north korea and move to ally foreign
a moment i ll be asking an analyst what he made of the tour but first here s a look at the hits and the misses of the president s asian charm offensive. donald trump may have written the art of the deal but the art of diplomacy hasn t always come easy so this was going to be an ambitious two by any measure he was there to rally u.s. troops put it all on. one front pyongyang s provocations. north korea is a worldwide threat that requires worldwide action and do some deals. trouble to bed to shore up the pacific alliance began in japan where traits of subtlety and nuance were in short supply. not his host prime minister shinzo abi minded very much. the reception was always going to be frosty here in south korea trump has accused all of weakness in the face of the north. yet trump speech to
push the chinese president xi jinping to increase economic pressure on pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions before leaving a south korea trump delivered a stark warning to north korea let s listen to. the regime as interpreted america s past restraint as we can this. this would be a fatal miscalculation this is a very different administration than the united states has had in the past today i hope i speak not only for our countries but for all civilized nations when i say to the north do not underestimate us and do not try. correspondent