“No to Trump” protests in South Korea as US President finalizes trade deal with Lee Jae-myung – US Politics Live | Donald Trump
Trump’s visit to South Korea was met with protests amid trade talks
Hello and welcome to the live American Politics blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news over the next few hours.
We start with the news Progressive civic groups and opposition politicians staged anti-US protests in Jeonju on Wednesday as President Donald Trump arrived for events related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit..
The demonstrators accused Trump of imposing unfair tariffs and pressuring South Korea to increase defense spending. Some presented a show depicting the US President tied with a rope, while others waved red cards and chanted slogans such as “No to kings, Trump is not welcome” and “No to your father.”
Kwon Young-kook, leader of the Justice Party, criticized the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for “serving powerful countries instead of promoting real economic growth.”
It came as Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung laid out the details of their fraught trade deal at a summit in South Korea on Wednesday, with the US president also sounding an optimistic note about an imminent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“We made our deal, we pretty much finalized it,” Trump said during a dinner with Lee and other regional leaders on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific forum.
Trump also said his meeting with Xi on Thursday would likely last three to four hours, and he expected the talks to go well. The meeting is expected to focus on trying to reach a truce in the trade war.
In other developments:
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The Republican-led US Senate has passed a measure that would end Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in a rare bipartisan show of opposition to the president’s trade war. The vote was taken by 52 votes to 48. The resolution was led by Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, and seeks to overturn the national emergency that Trump declared to justify the tariffs.
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A federal judge has ordered Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official leading the Trump administration’s anti-immigration push in Chicago, to appear in federal court every weekday to report on the day’s events in an extraordinary attempt to censor the government’s military raids in the city. The order came after a brief hearing on Tuesday morning.
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A federal judge disqualified acting U.S. Attorney Bill Eisley in Southern California from several cases after concluding Tuesday that a Trump appointee remained in the interim job longer than the law allows. US Judge J. Michael Seabright disqualified Al-Asili from overseeing criminal prosecutions in three cases, siding with defense lawyers who said his powers expired in July.
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The US government shutdown extended into its 28th day with no solution in sight on Tuesdayas the Senate remains deadlocked on spending legislation even as the crucial food aid program teeters on the brink of exhausting its funding.
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The Trump administration plans to revamp the leadership of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reports, as the government seeks to ramp up mass deportation efforts. Multiple media outlets have reported that the government intends to reassign several ICE field office directors in the coming days, potentially replacing them with Border Patrol officials.
Main events
Trump receives the golden crown in South Korea
South Korea received US President Donald Trump on Wednesday with a replica golden crown and awarded him the “Grand Mujunghwa Order,” the country’s highest honor, the presidential office said.
US and South Korean warplanes accompanied Air Force One as it approached, and on the runway, a South Korean military band greeted Trump by singing “YMCA” and firing a rifle salute.
Lee is hoping to extract concessions from Trump in protracted negotiations aimed at reducing US tariffs on South Korea, and has pontificated the US president by praising his outreach to North Korea.
Lee’s office said that in recognition of Trump’s role as a “peacemaker” on the Korean Peninsula, he was awarded the “Grand Order of Mugunghwa,” named after South Korea’s national flower, the pink hibiscus, also known as the Rose of Sharon in English.
“I would love to wear it right now,” Trump said as he received the glittering award. A South Korean official said he is the first American president to receive this honor.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he believes the situation in North Korea will improve.
Trump made the statement during a dinner hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.
The US President was visiting South Korea to join other heads of state and business leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.
Trump’s visit to South Korea was met with protests amid trade talks
Hello and welcome to the live American Politics blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news over the next few hours.
We start with the news Progressive civic groups and opposition politicians staged anti-US protests in Jeonju on Wednesday as President Donald Trump arrived for events related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit..
The demonstrators accused Trump of imposing unfair tariffs and pressuring South Korea to increase defense spending. Some presented a show depicting the US President tied with a rope, while others waved red cards and chanted slogans such as “No to kings, Trump is not welcome” and “No to your father.”
Kwon Young-kook, leader of the Justice Party, criticized the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for “serving powerful countries instead of promoting real economic growth.”
It came as Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung laid out the details of their fraught trade deal at a summit in South Korea on Wednesday, with the US president also sounding an optimistic note about an imminent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“We made our deal, we pretty much finalized it,” Trump said during a dinner with Lee and other regional leaders on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific forum.
Trump also said his meeting with Xi on Thursday would likely last three to four hours, and he expected the talks to go well. The meeting is expected to focus on trying to reach a truce in the trade war.
In other developments:
-
The Republican-led US Senate has passed a measure that would end Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other products, in a rare bipartisan show of opposition to the president’s trade war. The vote was taken by 52 votes to 48. The resolution was led by Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, and seeks to overturn the national emergency that Trump declared to justify the tariffs.
-
A federal judge has ordered Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official leading the Trump administration’s anti-immigration push in Chicago, to appear in federal court every weekday to report on the day’s events in an extraordinary attempt to censor the government’s military raids in the city. The order came after a brief hearing on Tuesday morning.
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A federal judge disqualified acting U.S. Attorney Bill Eisley in Southern California from several cases after concluding Tuesday that a Trump appointee remained in the interim job longer than the law allows. US Judge J. Michael Seabright disqualified Al-Asili from overseeing criminal prosecutions in three cases, siding with defense lawyers who said his powers expired in July.
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The US government shutdown extended into its 28th day with no solution in sight on Tuesdayas the Senate remains deadlocked on spending legislation even as the crucial food aid program teeters on the brink of exhausting its funding.
-
The Trump administration plans to revamp the leadership of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reports, as the government seeks to ramp up mass deportation efforts. Multiple media outlets have reported that the government intends to reassign several ICE field office directors in the coming days, potentially replacing them with Border Patrol officials.