adopted the most skeptical view he has yet displayed on the possibility of improving relations with the Kremlin, a position he once advanced as a candidate and that flew in the face of geopolitical realities and universal elite opinion in Washington.

"Right now we are not getting along with Russia at all. We may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with Russia,"

aying the communist giant was guilty of "rape" against the US economy and promising it would be branded a currency manipulator on his first day in the Oval Office.

"Circumstances change,"

The administration has to make its assessment on where China stands now, not where it was during the campaign, Spicer said

he indicated that NATO countries have been performing better in terms of their financial commitments.

His demotion was seen as another sign that the more moderate, establishment-oriented influences in his administration

he could have put policies that underpinned 40 years of Sino-US relations at risk.

Trump sent shockwaves through Europe by declaring that the most successful military alliance in history was "obsolete."

"I complained about that a long time ago and they made a change, and now they do fight terrorism. I said it was obsolete; it's no longer obsolete."

He noted that the only time NATO invoked its common defense clause, Article Five, was after 9/11

t would be a fantastic thing if we got along with Putin, and if we got along with Russia. And that could happen, and it may not happen, it may be just the opposite," Trump said.

Dead children -- there can't be a worse sight, and it shouldn't be allowed. That's a butcher. That's a butcher.

I think he wants to help us with North Korea.

And I said, the way you're going to make a good trade deal is to help us with North Korea; otherwise we're just going to go it alone."

he President has spent most of his first 100 days in office torching conventional political practice, trading in untruths and exaggerations, and pouring oil on political controversies on Twitter

gave a hint of flexibility on his demands for China to reverse the trade imbalance with the United States

they were civilians — mostly women and children — fleeing shelling and air strikes on other parts of the city.

refugees were filling up apartment buildings long abandoned because of the war

Observatory chief Rami Abdurrahman said he predicts death tolls will spiral in east Aleppo as the internal displacement creates more residential density

It blamed the government for the strikes.

more than 50,000 out of an estimated quarter-million inhabitants have been displaced by attacks on rebel-held eastern Aleppo

0,000 people have fled.

The Cuban government considers the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay to be illegally occupied.

, the U.S. has terrorized Cuba for more than 50 years,

the U.S. “campaign of terror and sabotage directed against Castro.”

U.S. launched a military invasion of Cuba in 1961, attempting to violently overthrow a government that it admitted was very popular, killing

The inaugural committee is a separate entity from the campaign and the transition, and can raise money as it sees fit, though donors and bundlers of $200 or more will be made public.

any and all funds raised above amounts needed to fund the Inaugural events will be donated to charitable organizations

"On November 9th our country began the peaceful transition to power that will culminate on January 20th, when our country will unite in celebrating freedom and democracy."

though he pledged to spend $100 million of his own money, never met that amount, giving less than $60 million

The arrival of left-leaning presidents of Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela is no surprise and in fact speaks to how much the world has changed since Fidel Castro took power in 1959.

Cuba hosted Colombian peace talks that in November led to a deal between Colombia's government and guerrillas

Castro was also "a good friend" to revolutions across Africa

the two countries that most defined Cuba's international relations, will be conspicuously absent during the memorials

we would like to believe that a chance will appear to smooth relations, which is important not only for the people of both countries but for ensuring international stability and security,"

US President-elect has praised Putin a firm leader