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President Donald Trump greeted Malaysian dancers with his signature moves as he kicked off his highly anticipated week-long foreign trip to Asia. Drums played as he strutted down the red carpet, leading him off Air Force One in Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur, toward the native dancers on Sunday morning local time. After a 23-hour flight from Washington, DC, Trump, 79, stepped side to side as he pumped his fists.

It’s official – TGP has confirmed that corrupt Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought with her on her trip to Asia, her son Paul Pelosi. On Saturday morning TGP reported that Nancy Pelosi may have traveled to Taiwan and other Asian companies to increase her family fortune. We also reported that Pelosi may have brought her son with her. We have confirmed that Pelosi’s son, Paul Pelosi, Jr., was with her on this trip. We used AI to confirm that it was indeed Paul Pelosi that was with corrupt and ‘Crazy Nancy’ Pelosi on her trip. XRvision started with a picture of...

Obama encountered setbacks to two of his most cherished foreign-policy projects on Thursday, as he failed to achieve a trade deal that undergirds his strategic pivot to Asia and the Middle East peace process suffered a potentially irreparable breakdown.

TOKYO — President Obama encountered setbacks to two of his most cherished foreign-policy projects on Thursday, as he failed to achieve a trade deal that undergirds his strategic pivot to Asia and the Middle East peace process suffered a potentially irreparable breakdown.

President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap his Asia trip is a setback for his much-advertised pledge to shift the focus of foreign policy to the Pacific and a boost for China’s attempt to gain influence in the region. By staying home because of the partial government shutdown, Obama hands new Chinese leader Xi Jinping a chance to fill the void at two Asian summits Obama had planned to attend. It’s the third time since 2010 that Obama has canceled an Asia trip, all because of domestic political crises. … The situation works for China, which is rapidly modernizing its armed...

Original article from Thursday (19), links to the Japanese "Sankei Shimbun" website. FReepranslation is provided as a summary; the original Japanese version directly by the author governs and takes precedence over the unofficial English.Troubling developments.

Here's a thing of beauty, a great image to divert your attention from all the talk about our $12 trillion (and growing) deficit. Let's just say Obama's got a leg up on things over in Asia.

Today the President and the First Lady and their daughter Barbra departed from Washington DC for a trip to Asia which will include a visit to the Olympics in Beijing. Pray for President Bush -- Day 2882