Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a peaceful resolution of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula in a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as a US aircraft carrier strike group steams towards the region.
"And I was given the message from the generals that the ships are locked and loaded".
But there are plenty of signs that Congress is no more likely to take up a war vote with Trump than it was under President Barack Obama, who went to Congress in 2015 with an ISIS war authorization that went nowhere. And we had the most attractive piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen, and President Xi was enjoying it.
"I just don't get a good feeling that whatever we're doing has been thoroughly thought out and there's some kind of a plan", said New York Rep. Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The US President said he and his Chinese counterpart were having dinner at his Florida resort when he gave orders to fire 59 cruise missiles at the airfield where a chemical attack was allegedly launched.
Trump continued to recall the critical moments of the evening, even momentarily forgetting which country they had just bombed.
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She said she hopes the appeals court ruling "gives people pause when they're bullying someone over their sexual orientation ". Eastman predicted even Supreme Court justices who support gay rights will be hard-pressed to uphold the decision.
China and the United States shall work together closely to make sure that the visit of Trump to China later this year could achieve "fruitful" results, the Chinese president said. "And we had the most handsome piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen, and President Xi was enjoying it", Trump recalled in an interview with Fox News Business host Maria Bartiromo that aired on Wednesday. I mean look, we have, in terms of technology, nobody can even come close to competing. "I think he wants to help us with North Korea".
Later in the interview, Trump said the US hit Syria "very hard" but that he doesn't plan to go to war with Syria.
"I didn't want him to finish his dessert and go home ... and then they say: 'You know the guy you just had dinner with just attacked [Syria]'".
"So he paused for 10 seconds and then he asked the interpreter to please say it again".
"The Syrian strikes last week hasten the interest, but what I am working on with my colleagues is not with respect to action in Syria", said Sen.
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