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Donald Trump President Elect First World Crises a Confrontation with China Political Analysis by Sherif Monem

As John F Kennedy a novice in world politics and relation was early confronted by head on Crises with president of the Soviet Union in 1962, Donald Trump is confronted with China regarding congratulation phone call with president of Taiwan. uring the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the  installation  of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. In a TV address on October 22, 1962, President John Kennedy (1917-63) notified Americans about the presence of the missiles, explained his decision to enact a naval blockade around Cuba and made it clear the U.S. was prepared to use military force if necessary to neutralize this perceived threat to national security. Following this news, many people feared the world was on the brink of nuclear war. However, disaster was avoided when the U.S. agreed to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s (1894-1971) offer to