CNN (February 16)
“Although at this point nothing should surprise anyone about how Trump conducts himself, it was still hard not to have your jaw drop as his face-off with reporters played across screens. He lashed out personally against reporters, he resumed fighting over the outcome of the election and his loss in the popular vote, and continued steadfastly refusing to admit to facts that are beyond dispute…. This is not a way to conduct the presidency.”
Tags: Conduct, Election, Face-off, Facts, Popular vote, Presidency, Reporters, Trump
The Economist (November 30, 2013)
“Plenty of countries establish zones in which they require aircraft to identify themselves, but they tend not to be over other countries’ territory.” China’s unilateral declaration of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over Japanese territory has also heightened tension between the U.S. and China. “This face-off marks the most worrying strategic escalation between the two countries since 1996, when China’s then president, Jiang Zemin, ordered a number of exclusion zones for missile tests in the Taiwan Strait, leading America to send two aircraft-carriers there.”
Tags: ADIZ, Aircraft, Aircraft-carriers, China, Escalation, Exclusion zones, Face-off, Jiang Zemin, Missile tests, Taiwan Strait, Tension, Territory, U.S.
