Trump has said he is America's most pro-Israel president and pointed to his decisions to recognize Jerusalem as the capital, move the American embassy to the holy city from Tel Aviv, and recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Trump called "rogue nations" the "scourge of our planet" and called on the UN to further isolate the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. But today's dangerous deadlock has been the result of Pyongyang's and Washington's persistent pursuit of their own interests in disregard of other countries' efforts to persuade the two antagonists to talk. His threat to "totally destroy" the DPRK if need be will, therefore, likely worsen the already volatile situation.
Trump also criticized the Obama administration's handling of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu outbreak. About 12,000 people died in the US from H1N1, statistics show, compared to more than 171,000 US deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic still underway, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Trump appointed him after firing Sally Yates, who served as deputy attorney general under Democratic former President Barack Obama and as acting attorney general under Trump. He dismissed her 10 days after taking office, after she refused to defend his executive order banning people from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
Trump's remarks came a day after the White House confirmed that he agreed to meet Kim Jong-un, the top leader of the DPRK, in a couple of months, signaling a big step toward resolving the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
Trump had also extended pardons to two more minor figures in the 2016 Russia election meddling investigation, and granted clemency to three former Republican lawmakers that a watchdog group called "three of the most corrupt members of Congress in recent history".
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Trump issued a statement on Friday denying the vulgar words attributed to him, though he admitted to using strong language in the Thursday discussion.
Trump has repeatedly said during his two years in office that he would close the US border with Mexico. His latest threat had workers and students who frequently cross the border worried about the potential disruption to their lives.
Trump has long criticized the Iranian nuclear pact. In his speech delivered at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly last month, Trump called the agreement "an embarrassment" for the United States.
Trump supporters, chanting "This isn't over!" and "Stop the steal", protested at state capitals across the US on Saturday, refusing to accept defeat and echoing Trump's unsubstantiated allegations that the Democrats won the election by fraud, the Associated Press reported.