of terrorism returning to that list would be one thing. can you think of something else that might tout as see, this is what we re doing for you. much as what has come back from this trip is what trump loved, the great reception he got in these countries and the parades shepard: maybe the best he has ever seen. and that is important to him. i don t know it s that surprising considering he s the president of the united states. be so far there s no indication there was a massive behind-the-scenes deal. clearly the story broke that will be a chinese envoy going to north korea. maybe you can some more information coming being teased out about that. there s no kind of massive trade deal that is expected to be announced here. shepard: how do you process this business with duarte? the president talked about how we were in a bad place in the philippines under the obama administration. there was a reason why. because he was having people go out and murder his people under
traveled to china where as in japan and south korea, we were greatly honored by the splendor of our reception. our trip included the first official dinner held for a foreign leader in the forbidden city since the founding of the modern china where we enjoyed a very productive evening hosted by president xi and his wonderful wife. during our visit, president xi pledged to implement u.n. security resolutions on north korea and to use his great economic influence over the regime to achieve hour common goal of a denuclearized korean peninsula. president xi recognizes that a nuclear north korea is a grave threat to china and we agreed that we would not accept a so-called freeze for freeze agreement like those that have consistently failed in the past.
korean diplomats and workers. over the last two weeks, we have made historic strides in reasserting american leadership, restoring american security and rea wakening american confidence. everywhere we went, i reaffirmed our vision for cooperation between independence and sovereign countries. i made clear the united states will be a friend and advocate for its own citizens. the momentum from our trip will launch us on our continued effort to accomplish the three core objectives i outlined. to unite the world against north korean nuclear threat, to promote a free and open indopacific region and to advance fair and reciprocal economic relations with our trading partners and allieds in the region. we have established a new frame
ministers of india, australia and japan to discuss our shared commitment to a free and open indopacific. during our visit, president duarte thanked the american people and our armed forces for supporting the recent liberation of isis. we pledge to strengthen and deepen our long-standing alliance. at the east asia summit, the united states negotiated and signed four important leader statements on the use of chemical weapons, money laundering, poverty alleviation and countering terrorist propaganda and financing. crucially at both summits and throughout the trip, we asked all nations to support our campaign of maximum pressure for north korean denuclearization. they are responding by cutting trade with north korea, restricting financial ties to the regime and expelling north
responsibilities that come with it. on each trip i have worked to advance american interests and leadership in the world. to each of these places, i have carried a vision for something stronger and sovereign, so important, sovereign, independent nations confident in their destinies and cooperating to advance their security, prosperity and the noble cause of peace. it was this same vision that i carried to asia two weeks ago. it was the same commitment to you, the american people, that was always at the forefront of my mind and my thinking. our trip was defined by three core goals. first, to unite the world against the nuclear menace posed by the north korean regime. a threat that has increased steadily through many