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Search results for "Trump thinks he's flying to Beijing with leverage"

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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
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
Anthony Scaramucci stated on May 11, 2019 in an interview:
China’s developing country status in the World Trade Organization "means they can tariff and embargo."
By John Kruzel• May 15, 2019
Instagram posts stated on July 31, 2022 in a post:
“China threatens to shoot Nancy Pelosi’s plane down if she visits Taiwan.”
By Monique Curet• August 2, 2022
Mike Pence stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference:
“After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”
By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2023
Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC:
The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.”
By Jon Greenberg• May 21, 2020
Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Starting in March if you travel outside of the United States you won’t be allowed back in the country “due to high risk of the coronavirus.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 6, 2020
Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“President Xi of China under house arrest” amid “coup by the PLA.”
By Jeff Cercone• September 28, 2022
Donald Trump stated on March 27, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times:
"We’ve rebuilt China."
By Linda Qiu• April 4, 2016
Angus King stated on March 04, 2018 in in an interview:
"China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S."
By John Kruzel• March 8, 2018
Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2018 in in a news conference:
"Last year we lost $500 billion on trade with China."
By John Kruzel• March 28, 2018
Chris Murphy stated on May 11, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:
Says President Donald Trump implemented “a travel ban that just didn't work, 400,000 people got in from those countries that were subject to the restrictions.”
By Bill McCarthy• May 13, 2020
Hillary Clinton stated on March 05, 2008 in an interview on CNN's <i> American Morning</i>:
"I've been standing up against ... the Chinese government over women's rights and standing up for human rights."
By Adriel Bettelheim• March 11, 2008
Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in a TV interview:
"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."
By Alan Hovorka• September 6, 2017
Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.
By Louis Jacobson• March 19, 2014
Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2023 in a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan:
Said he was “able to convince India, Australia, Japan, and the United States to form an organization called the Quad to maintain stability in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea."
By Louis Jacobson• May 26, 2023
Instagram posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a video:
Video shows President-elect Donald Trump announcing “free college education” in November 2024.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 27, 2024
Donald Trump stated on May 23, 2018 in a tweet:
Says James Clapper said "that the FBI was spying on (Trump's) campaign."  
By Jon Greenberg• May 23, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 07, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Scott Pruitt’s security spending was "somewhat more" than his predecessor.
By Manuela Tobias• April 10, 2018
Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 08, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“President Trump sanctioned Russia. President Biden gave them a pipeline.”
By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2022

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