Some really good people within both the new and old gov… https://t.co/aiZGDleTBQ — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1535203348000WASHINGTON: Countries from North Korea to South Africa to China, India, and Pakistan in between, are feeling the Trump effect - characterised by randomness - as the US President, buffeted by scandals at home, is lashing out haphazardly in all directions. "I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers," he tweeted moments later, tagging the host @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews. "While China denounced the Trump charges as "irresponsible" and South Korea called cancellation of the Pompeo visit "unfortunate", many US mandarins themselves recalled how they had forewarned that the North Korea policy was flawed from the beginning. "NK talks tanking less b/c of china than NK (which never intended to denuclearize) and US policy which ruled out "Iran-style" limited pacts. The White House itself has not responded to New Delhi's invitation to Trump for India's Republic Day on January 26, 2019.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 25, 2018 15:11 UTC