SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For President Donald Trump, a four-day visit to Asia is shaping up to be more about relationships than results. In Japan for the Group of 20 summit, Trump notched few identifiable accomplishments on a range of pressing challenges as he savored the show of diplomatic backslapping. He invited North Korea's Kim Jong Un to join him for a quick exchange of greetings at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone. The prioritization of personal ties over concrete achievements revealed the unexpected flip side to Trump's transactional view of foreign policy. Critics deride it as a "Trump First" policy, in which a few flattering words can buy an adversary Trump's silence.

Source: Economic Times June 29, 2019 16:52 UTC