Franco Ordonez

Now, the White House says that Trump is prepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into the country, and that is America First.

But going farther than that carries a risk of longer-term responsibility.

Now, of course, there are cases where regime change arguably worked.

Take Panama in 1989.

But there are other examples, including Iraq and Afghanistan, where regime change did not go so well.

And Bremer told me kind of this idea of anything is better than Maduro can quickly fall apart.

Always a pleasure, Steve.

Thank you.

The two leaders met in person last month in South Korea, where they announced a breakthrough agreement on trade.

According to a readout of the call from China's state news agency, Xi said Taiwan's return to China is, quote, an important part of the post-war international order.

The conversation follows comments by the Japanese prime minister saying that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be an existential threat.

In the statement, China argued both the U.S.

and China should, quote, "...uphold an attitude of equality, respect, and mutual benefit towards one another."

and work to reduce their list of issues.

Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.

The two leaders met in person last month in South Korea, where they announced a breakthrough agreement on trade.

According to a readout of the call from China's state news agency, Xi said Taiwan's return to China is, quote, an important part of the post-war international order.

The conversation follows comments by the Japanese prime minister saying that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be an existential threat.

In the statement, China argued both the U.S.

and China should, quote, uphold an attitude of equality, respect, and mutual benefit towards one another and work to reduce their list of issues.