BEIJING - Money politics in the United States went further in 2017, as the wealthy groups controlled the political development, said a report on US human rights released Tuesday.The report, titled "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017" and released by the Information Office of the State Council, China's cabinet, said money politics made inequality worse in the United States.The money politics has made American economic policies over the last 40 years "strongly reflect the preferences of the most affluent, but bear virtually no relationship to the preferences of poor or middle-income Americans," said the report.It noted that democratic politics went weakening. An expert survey on American democracy showed that 89 percent of respondents believed the democratic quality in the United States had declined over the last 10 years.The media was suppressed in the United States, said the report.In 2017, a number of news organizations were rejected by the US government in press conferences and other official activities, and the CNN and New York Times, among others, were barred from White House briefings, it said.Press freedom in the United States is at its lowest point in 13 years, according to a CNN report in 2017.Another survey from the Pew Research Center on April 4, 2017 showed that 73 percent of adult respondents in the country believed the tensions between the government and the news media were getting in the way of access to important national political news and information. custom wristbands canadacustomized rubber braceletsnike silicone braceletsimprinted rubber braceletsbracelets for a cause
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief Mike Pompeo had talked with Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), for more than an hour.Trump said in an interview with Fox & Friends that Pompeo and Kim "got along with each other" for more than an hour in their meeting.Pompeo is also Trump's pick for the position of US secretary of state to replace Rex Tillerson.Trump added that Pompeo, in his secret trip to the northeast Asian country, also spoke with his counterpart in the DPRK."They had a great meeting," said Trump. "We are doing very well with North Korea (the DPRK). We'll see what it all comes out."Still, he said that decision has not been made concerning the date and the location of his meeting with Kim.Trump confirmed last week that Pompeo met with Kim earlier this month via Twitter, tweeting that the "meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed."Pompeo's trip was aimed at laying the groundwork for direct talks between the leaders of the two countries. The talks are expected to take place in May or early June.
