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Tillerson seeks to show 'America First' isn't America alone

By MATTHEW LEE Trump at the World Eco- of those three areas ... but I
AP Diplomatic Writer nomic Forum in Davos, Til- think it's why we have given
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — lerson visited London and it so much attention and
As President Donald Trump Paris with a full agenda are working hard with part-
declared that "America aimed at defusing not only ners and allies to put mech-
First does not mean Ameri- the issues at hand but also anisms in place to begin
ca alone" at a global eco- tensions with Washington. the very, very hard work of
nomic forum in Switzerland, His mission was primarily to addressing the concerns in
his top diplomat was on a secure British and French all three."
European trip of his own, support for tough new Tillerson left London for Paris
trying to convince skeptical measures against Iran that on Monday cautiously op-
allies that the oft-repeated might prevent the U.S. from timistic that progress could
phrase is more than just lip withdrawing from the 2015 be made with the British
service. nuclear accord. Along and the French on craft-
Yet a year into Trump's the way, he also accused ing a supplemental agree-
presidency, his adminis- Russia of responsibility for ment to the Iran deal that
tration has demonstrated chemical weapons at- would address what Trump
that "America First" may, tacks in Syria and chastised has said are serious flaws.
indeed, mean "America Turkey for attacking U.S.- Trump has vowed to pull
alone," though it remains backed Kurd forces there. out if those issues aren't ad-
unclear if that has helped "As the old saying goes, it's dressed by spring.
Secretary of State Rex Til- always darkest before the In London, Tillerson an-
lerson's bargaining position dawn," Tillerson said while nounced the formation of
on crucial national security wrapping up his European working groups that began
and foreign policy matters. tour in Warsaw on Saturday. meeting this week to look
Amid crises in multiple hot- "I don't want to say we're at at specific points of con-
spots and before joining the darkest moment of any cern including Iran's ballistic

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a ceremony
at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 1943 memorial, marking the In-
ternational Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Warsaw, Poland,
Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018.
(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
missile program, sunset pro- While Iran will be excluded
visions that gradually allow from those discussions, he
Iran to resume some ad- said, the working groups
vanced atomic work, Ira- would explore "how we
nian support for Syria's gov- might engage the Iranians
ernment, Yemen's Houthi on discussions to address
rebels and LebaRunon's these issues." q
Hezbollah movement.
Trump: I would be 'tougher' in

Brexit talks than UK's PM May

By GREGORY KATZ supposed to be."
Associated Press Britain is preparing to leave
LONDON (AP) — U.S. Presi- the European Union in
dent Donald Trump says he March 2019. The complex
would take a "tougher" at- negotiations have moved
titude toward Brexit nego- slowly and May's Cabinet
tiations than the approach seems deeply divided over
now being used by British how best to separate Brit-
Prime Minister Theresa May. ain from the 28-nation bloc.
Without providing specifics, In the interview with jour-
Trump says in an ITV inter- nalist Piers Morgan, Trump
view to be broadcast Sun- said he looks forward to
day night he would have visiting Britain, where he
used different tactics. has been invited for a state
"Would it be the way I ne- visit to be hosted by Queen
gotiate? No, I wouldn't ne- Elizabeth II.
gotiate it the way it's (be- He also said he was willing
ing) negotiated... I would to apologize for retweeting
have had a different atti- anti-Muslim videos by a far-
tude," he says. right group in Britain, which
He says: "I would have said exacerbated tensions with
that the European Union is May and drew complaints
not cracked up to what it's in Parliament.