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In HUGE Win for Trump, Xi Jinping Pulls Missiles from South China Sea Leading Up to Successful North
GATEWAY PUNDIT ^ | 6/12/2018 | jacob Wohl

Posted on 06/12/2018 10:54:38 PM PDT by bitt

China’s activities in the South China Sea have proven to be one of the most contentious geopolitical issues of the Trump Presidency. Leading up to a successful summit in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Chairman Kim Jong Un, new data released by Israeli Private Intelligence Firm ImageSat shows that China removed anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles from Woody Island, in the South China Sea last week.

Woody Island, also referred to as Yongxiang Island, is the largest of the Paracel Islands claimed by China in the South China Sea. In recent years, China has taken major steps to heavily fortify the island, building runways for military aircraft and installing anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, much to the dismay of the United States and our Asia-Pacific allies. The unusual and sudden move to remove the missiles from the South China Sea, one of the most critical stretches of ocean in the world, is widely seen by policy experts as a nod of approval to President Trump, leading up to a successful Summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday.

Amid a cancellation of joint US-South Korea military drills near the Korean Peninsula and a decrease of tensions with North Korea, much of America’s attention is likely to be turned to the South China Sea, as President Trump pursues a foreign policy that considers both military force and economics in every foreign affair.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; Japan; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; War on Terror
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To: libh8er
Magnus was already taken by Ronaldus.

I love that idea, but I'm afraid Ronnie has to share. Donnie has earned the title.

41 posted on 06/13/2018 3:26:03 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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