- Trump is a threat to the world - George Soros, the business director, said on Thursday he considered the administration of US President Donald Trump "a threat to the world," but added that it was "a temporary phenomenon that would disappear in 2020 or even sooner."
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the billionaire investor and political activist said the survival of the world was at stake because of the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and the United States, with leaders Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump addressing their selfish reasons.
Trump is a threat to the world - and warned that "both sides seem ready to risk a nuclear war to keep themselves in power." He said Washington should accept Pyongyang as a nuclear power and negotiate before it is too late. "The United States stands on the road to nuclear war by refusing to accept North Korea as a nuclear power," he said.
The other major threat to civilization is climate change, Soros said. "We know what to do, we have scientific knowledge, but the political will is lacking, especially in the management of Trump."
Trump: Meeting with UK May was "great"
US President Donald Trump flew to Twitter on Thursday to highlight his country's private relations with Britain after meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May in Davos.
Where he held a big bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May, emphasizing our special relationship and commitment to working together on major national security challenges and economic opportunities, "he wrote of his personal handling and publication of photos of the event.
US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May asked officials to work on "completing details" of the US president's visit to the United Kingdom later this year, a Downing Street spokesman said Thursday.
During their meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the two leaders also agreed on the need for cooperation on a number of issues, including the war against the Islamic state "in Syria and elsewhere" and dealing with the "destabilizing activity" in the region. He said the United States and the United Kingdom had stressed the need to "ensure that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons."
Trump and May also expressed their hope for developing "a strong business relationship after Britain's exit from the EU" because that would benefit both sides.
The White House comments on the meeting
"They discussed plans for a working visit to London," the White House said on Thursday after meeting US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May in Davos. The state visit includes staying with Queen Elizabeth and the full celebration, while the update indicates the importance will be reduced.
The US commander-in-chief avoided a trip this month to open the new embassy building in the UK capital, the latest in a series of differences in bilateral relations. She added that the two leaders "stressed the special relationship" and added that "it is stronger than ever." The two sides discussed the joint struggle against the organization of the Islamic state and other jihadist terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq, "stressing their commitment to improving trade and countering Iranian actions.
An unnamed source from the British government told AFP the visit would probably take place in the second half of the year.