Alienating Allies and Wooing Enemies

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🗓️ 11 June 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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While on his way to the historic summit meeting with Kim Jong-un of North Korea, President Trump isolated himself from other world leaders by refusing to endorse a joint statement of the Group of 7 nations, which had just met in Canada. Why is the president picking fights with America’s closest allies and embracing its longtime opponents? Guest: Mark Landler, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, who is reporting from Singapore on the talks between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times on Michael Barbaro, this is the date.
0:10.0	Today, President Trump blows up the G7 in Canada on his way to talks with North Korea.
0:18.0	Why he is picking fights with allies and seeking peace with enemies.
0:25.0	It's Monday, June 11th.
0:35.0	Shangri-la will tell how much is you.
0:37.0	Hi, I'm trying to reach a guest there named Mark Landler.
0:41.0	How does that look?
0:42.0	A L-A-N-D-L-E-R.
0:46.0	And the first thing will be Mark.
0:48.0	Mark.
0:49.0	Alright, just give a moment to the student.
0:51.0	Please.
0:52.0	Hello.
0:53.0	Hey, Mark, it's Michael.
0:55.0	Hey, Michael. How are you?
0:56.0	Good, good, good. Where am I reaching you?
0:59.0	I am in Singapore. I am 12 hours ahead of you.
1:03.0	And I'm staying at the hotel where President Trump just arrived a few hours ago.
1:08.0	And he will be meeting here in about 36 hours with Kim Jong-un.
1:14.0	The historic summit in just a few weeks between Kim Jong-un and President Trump is now off this coming in a letter.
1:21.0	That President Trump has written before Kim could break up with him.
1:25.0	Trump broke up with Kim.
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