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Search results for "North Korean leader backs China's push for 'multipolar world'"

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Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:
China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."
By Louis Jacobson• January 21, 2016
Bloggers stated on July 12, 2014 in a post on the blog "Outside the Beltway":
"North Korea is telling its people that their men’s national team is in the World Cup final."
By Jon Greenberg• July 17, 2014
Rex Tillerson stated on April 28, 2017 in comments to the UN Security Council:
"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
By John Kruzel• May 1, 2017
Donald Trump stated on April 17, 2017 in an interview with Fox News:
With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."
By Jon Greenberg• April 19, 2017
Hagar Chemali stated on July 06, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea."
By Louis Jacobson• July 7, 2017
Donald Trump stated on August 05, 2017 in a tweet:
"United Nations Resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever on North Korea. Over one billion dollars in cost to N.K."
By Miriam Valverde• August 6, 2017
Jack Reed stated on April 07, 2013 in a television interview:
North Korea has a "substantial standing army, one of the largest, certainly the largest per capita, in the world."
By Michael McKinney• May 10, 2013
Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2017 in a tweet:
"Long gas lines forming in North Korea."
By Louis Jacobson• September 19, 2017
Laurence Tribe stated on March 02, 2018 in a tweet:
President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia."
By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2018
Viral image stated on August 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 7, 2020
Mike Pence stated on June 23, 2023 in a speech:
“The fact is, today abortion law in the United States is more aligned with China and North Korea than with Western nations in Europe.”
By Samantha Putterman• July 5, 2023
Viral image stated on October 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:
The media didn’t cover “new history” when North Korea and South Korea’s leaders crossed the border for the first time.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2023
Juan Williams stated on June 03, 2018 in on a panel:
North Korea's history of international negotiations shows "they'll take the concessions, they'll keep them in their pocket and then they won't deliver."
By John Kruzel• June 7, 2018
YouTube videos stated on April 22, 2020 in a YouTube video:
“Breaking news Kim Jong Un has pass(ed) away.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 22, 2020
Bloggers stated on July 06, 2017 in a blog post:
"Kim Jong Un dead: North Koreans calling Trump an assassin"
By Miriam Valverde• July 20, 2017
Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican national convention:
Says Hillary Clinton "supported North American Free Trade Agreement), and she supported China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…. She supported the job-killing trade deal with South Korea. She supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership."
By Linda Qiu• July 22, 2016
Instagram posts stated on October 12, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:
Video shows North Korean President Kim Jong Un blaming President Joe Biden for the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and saying, “I support Donald Trump for President in 2024.”
By Madison Czopek• October 20, 2023
Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "The View":
South Korea doesn't pay the United States for U.S. troops that protect their country.
By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2011
John McCain stated on February 08, 2016 in remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered:
North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."
By Anthony Cave• February 16, 2016
Facebook posts stated on May 18, 2023 in a post shared on Facebook:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un “just ordered the evacuation of the capital city.”
By Madison Czopek• May 26, 2023

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By Bill McCarthy• June 12, 2018

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By Jon Greenberg• June 13, 2018

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By Louis Jacobson• January 31, 2019

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