Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, said he expects U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to extend the last major nuclear arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington when it expires next month, but that the two countries have much more to do.
Chinese foreign ministry condemns Pompeo’s ‘lying diplomacy’
By IANS| Published: 9th January 2021 2:05 am IST
Beijing, Jan 9 : Chinese Foreign Ministry hit back at “lying diplomacy” practiced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying it has unprecedentedly damaged US external relations, national image, and reputation.
Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked to comment on Pompeo’s tweet, in which he claimed that the current US administration has released more information about the Communist Party of China threat to the American people and US businesses than any other administration, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
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Democrats and their allies in the press spent the last four years accusing President Donald Trump of being soft on Russia. And worse: Some called the president a Russian asset, a traitor, Putin s patsy and much, much more.
It was all nonsense, because behind the rhetoric was the stark reality that Trump, and his administration, have actually been tougher on Russia than many of his predecessors. Now, with the president on the way out, one lone voice in the anti-Trump press CNN, specifically has spoken the truth out loud.
On CNN s New Day on New Year s morning, the network s Fareed Zakaria was asked how U.S. Russia policy under President Joe Biden might differ from policy under President Trump. I think, in general, there isn t going to be as much difference as people imagine, Zakaria said. The Biden folks are pretty tough on Russia, Iran, North Korea. You know, the dirty little secret about the Trump administration was that while Donald Trump clearly had a kind o