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Trump ramps up nuclear tests as he meets President Xi · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. Donald Trump is heaping praise on
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  Speaker 1: Anthony Albanzi, declaring he'll sought out North Korean dictator Kim
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  Speaker 1: Jong un and talking up his friendship with China's Shijin Ping,
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  Speaker 1: all while talking a big game on nuclear weapons. Trump
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  Speaker 1: was seated next to Albanzi at a formal dinner on
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  Speaker 1: the fringes of an APEC meeting in Seoul.
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  Speaker 2: We had a great meeting a week ago. You came
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  Speaker 2: all the way and now you came here. But this
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  Speaker 2: isn't quite as far this time. I traveled far. But
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  Speaker 2: you've done a fantastic job. But we're working together on
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  Speaker 2: rare earths. But we're working on a lot of things together,
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  Speaker 2: and it's well working out very well.
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  Speaker 1: Trump said he's going to sort out the Korean peninsula next.
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  Speaker 2: You have a little bit of a cloud over your country,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to get that cloud solved. You have
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  Speaker 2: a neighbor that hasn't been as nice as they could be,
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  Speaker 2: and I think there will be a no Kim jonglin
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  Speaker 2: very well, and I think things will work out very well.
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  Speaker 1: Trump's meeting with President She is the first face to
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  Speaker 1: face conversation they've had this term. Top of the agenda
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  Speaker 1: Trump's tariffs and China's proposed export restrictions on rare earths.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to have a very successful meeting, I have
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  Speaker 2: no doubt. But he's a very tough negotiator.
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  Speaker 1: That's not good.
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  Speaker 2: We know each other well.
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  Speaker 1: Just before going into the meeting, Trump posted on social
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  Speaker 1: media that he'd ordered the Pentagon to amp up its
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  Speaker 1: nuclear weapons testing. That's after Vladimir Putin said Moscow had
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  Speaker 1: successfully trialed a nuclear capable, nuclear powered underwater drone. Trump
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  Speaker 1: said in his post, the US has more nuclear weapons
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  Speaker 1: than any other country. Russia is second, and China is
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  Speaker 1: a distant third, but will be even in five years.
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