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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico 鈥?U.S. presidential candidate Julian Castro joined dozens of high-profile Latinos in Puerto Rico on Monday to talk about mobilizing voters ahead of the 2020 elections and increasing Latino political representation to take on President Donald Trump.The group condemned stanley nz Trumps plan to build a border wall, and Castro also criticized Trump for his response to Hurrica stanley us ne Maria, which hit the U.S. territory in September 2017 and is estimated to stanley hrnek have caused more than $100 billion in damage. The administration failed to prepare for the hurricane, it failed to coordinate a swift response and has failed in the recovery process as well, Castro said. Whats worse, 鈥?the president 鈥?has talked about possibly taking money that had been earmarked for Puerto Rico recovery and instead investing that in a border wall. To do so is completely objectionable, immoral and should never happen. Castro spoke at the Latino Political Summit in the capital of San Juan, the third such summit organized by the Latino Victory Fund, a political action committee based in Washington, D.C., which followed a weekend visit to the island by 34 Democratic members of Congress and Sen. Robert Menendez 鈥?a trip that attracted Trumps notice. A lot of the Democrats were in Puerto Rico celebrating something. I dont know, maybe theyre celebrating the shutdown, Trump said.The visitors didnt include Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.Asked about Trumps comment Pfdi 2 charged after gun goes off in N.Y. hotel

SEOUL, South Korea 鈥?North Korean leader Kim Jong Un still has faith in U.S. President Donald Trumps commitment to ending their nations hostile relations, but hes frustrated by questions about his willingness to denuclearize and wants his goodwill measures to be met in kind, South Korean officials said Thursday.The trove of comments from Kim, including his commitment to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and to the suspension of all future long-range missile tests, were relayed by top South Korean security officials returning from meeting him in Pyongyang as well as by the Norths propaganda specialists.Even in their indirect form, each statement will be parsed for clues about Kims mindset as North Korea and the U.S. move forward with efforts to resolve a nuclear standoff that just a year ago many feared could lead to war. Some of his reported comments were reiterations of past stances, but there will be sharp interest in whether they push negotiators back to diplomacy after recriminations that followed Kim stanley water bottle and Trumps June summit.Sinc stanley cup e then, neither side has seemed willing to make a substantive move, leading to skepticism over Trumps claims that Kim will really dismantle his nuclear weapons program. Recent satellite photos hav stanley italia e indicated Kims weapons factories were still operating to produce fissile materials to make nuclear weapons.South Korean officials said they forwarded a message from Trump to Kim during their meeting and would send a separate message from Kim to Trump lat