TRUMP CLAIMS ‘TREMENDOUS SUCCESS’: In what was billed as a “major announcement’ after his 12-day, five-nation Asia tour, President Trump pronounced his trip a “tremendous success,” which restored respect for the U.S. and united the world against the North Korean nuclear threat. “My fellow citizens, America is back. And the future has never looked brighter,” Trump said in remarks at the White House.

“I called on every nation, including China and Russia, to unite in isolating the North Korean regime, cutting off all ties of trade and commerce until it stops its dangerous provocations on — and this is the whole key to what we’re doing — on denuclearization. We have to denuclearize North Korea,” Trump said.