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The Note: Trump’s presidency on the world stage - ABC News

posted onMay 12, 2018
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Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Nobel Peace Prize – and somehow seems more stable than it’s been in a while. This particular split-screen – stepping toward an agreement with North Korea while bringing Americans home, stepping toward a confrontation with Iran with a fresh warning after ending the nuclear deal – may be united by little beyond the notion that if President Barack Obama did it, his successor wants to do the opposite. But it’s also the fulfillment of a fundamental campaign promise, one based on Trump’s instinct: to disrupt. This he is doing, with reverberations felt this week alone from Teheran to Damascus to Pyongyang to Jerusalem. Even Trump critics will muster credit for the president if the result is a more peaceful world. That conclusion, though, is not preordained. The pieces Trump is moving on the global stage interact with each other in unpredictable ways – some that may adjust for the president’s style, others that may not. “Overall, we are less safe,” retired Gen. “Powerhouse Politics” podcast. “We are the most disruptive force in the world today.” The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Buried in a barrage of headlines around Iran, North Korea, Russia and the president’s longtime personal lawyer’s financial accounts, the Senate Intelligence Committee dropped a bombshell report this week -- their initial assessment of how the Russians targeted U.S. election infrastructure during the 2016 election. Perhaps it was fitting that they released... Link to the full article to read more

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