Trump's Asia Summit Snub Fuels Doubts About U.S. Commitment

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Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump will skip two major summits in Asia in November, a move that could stoke concerns in the region about the U.S.’s reliability as a counterweight to China.

The White House said Friday that Vice President Mike Pence would travel to Singapore for an 18-nation summit hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, before heading to Papua New Guinea for an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering. The APEC summit is normally attended by 21 leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.


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1. PUtin told him not to come, he wants to make hay while drumpf golfs.

drumpf will do anything in the world PUtin tells him to, including giving Asia trade to Russia and not competing for the US.