Subject: Morning Brief: Trump rails against ‘resistance’ op-ed
From: "Foreign Policy" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2018 07:47:32 -0500 (CDT)

Morning Brief: Trump Rails Against ‘Resistance’ Op-Ed

If you have problems viewing this email, view it in a browser. Please feel free to forward it to a friend.

MORNING BRIEF

Today's Global News from Foreign Policy

SUBSCRIBE TO FP

Follow Us:

09/06/2018

09/06/2018

TOP NEWS

Morning Brief: Trump Rails Against ‘Resistance’ Op-Ed

Top News: U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out at the anonymous author of a New York Times op-ed that claimed a group of administration officials are trying to rein in the American leader’s worst impulses and policy proposals.

The anonymous author criticized Trump for his “amorality” and said the Trump administration’s foreign policy has taken on a two-track approach in which the president praises authoritarian leaders and his aides work to punish traditional American rivals.

The article has prompted a furious response, with Trump posting a one-word all-caps message on Twitter Wednesday evening: “TREASON?” White House aides are reportedly scrambling to identify the author, and Trump urged the paper to reveal his identity for “National Security purposes.”

India: India’s top court overturned a 157-year-old law criminalizing gay sex, a ruling hailed by civil rights groups as a major advance for gay rights in the country.

AFRICA

•  A court in South Sudan handed down prison sentences to 10 soldiers involved in attacks on journalists and aid workers.

•  Gambian President Adama Barrow told his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, that his country’s past ties with Taiwan were a mistake.

•  Voters in Rwanda elected two opposition candidates to parliament for the first time.

AMERICAS

•  A judge in the United States declared a mistrial in the effort to convict a former Blackwater security guard for his role in a massacre in Iraq in 2007.

•  A Brazilian Supreme Court justice blocked the latest attempt by imprisoned former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to run in next month’s presidential election.

•  Top executives from Facebook and Google told American lawmakers they are improving their efforts to fight influence operations on their platforms.

ASIA

•  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a South Korean envoy that he still trusts Trump as the two men laid plans for a summit meeting between the leaders of the North and South between September 18 and 20.

•  A British Royal Navy ship carried out a freedom of navigation exercise in the South China Sea last month, sparking an angry reaction from Beijing.

•  The United States and India signed an agreement on secure military communications and announced plans to hold joint exercises off the eastern Indian coast in 2019.

EUROPE

•  U.K. Security Minister Ben Wallace said Russian President Vladimir Putin is responsible for the use of a nerve agent by two alleged Russian intelligence operatives in an attempted assassination.

•  The British government said it would provide a new visa for agricultural workers impacted by Brexit, but farmers criticized the move as insufficient.

•  France and the United Kingdom announced an agreement to resolve a dispute over access to scallop fishing waters.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Israel armed and funded rebel groups in southern Syria in order to prevent advances by the Islamic State and militant groups backed by Iran from advancing toward the Israeli border, FP reports.

•  Iran’s currency plunged to a record low on Wednesday and has now dropped by 140 percent against the dollar since the United States withdrew from the nuclear agreement four months ago.

•  Up to 700,000 people could be displaced by an expected Syrian and Russian offensive in Idlib, aid agencies warned.

- By Elias Groll

Isaac Brekken/Getty Images

Register at ForeignPolicy.com to receive Morning Brief and other FP newsletters.

TRENDING ON FOREIGNPOLICY.COM

So Long, Swedish Welfare State?

by Nima Sanandaji

The Catholic Church Is a Dysfunctional Workplace

by Andrew Brown

How to Restart War in the Balkans

by Edward P. Joseph

This email was sent to [email-masked] by [email-masked].

UPDATE PROFILE

UNSUBSCRIBE

PRIVACY POLICY

ADVERTISE

GROUP SALES AND LICENSING

Foreign Policy Magazine is published by the FP Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. All contents ©2018 The Slate Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Foreign Policy, 11 DUPONT CIRCLE NW, SUITE 600, WASHINGTON DC 20036

color
000000
conversation-id
17355
date-last-viewed
1638083696
date-received
1536238048
flags
8590195841
remote-id
303441