POTUS UN Speech

[Dill]

(09-22-2017, 11:04 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: "Donald Trump applauded by Japan, South Korea for brazenness on North Korea in UN speech"

The author quoted one white guy from Canada who isn't affiliated with the government of Japan or South Korea who literally didn't use the word, "applause" a single time in any of his quotes.  Hell, the author didn't even interview a single Japanese or South Korean person for their opinion of Trump's speech.  While the leader's from Japan or South Korea haven't issued any statements regarding Trump's speech.

How is something which didn't happen more relevant than Dill's articles?  Answer: it's not relevant.  Therefore, no; Matt's article about something which didn't happen isn't more relevant than Dill's articles.

My articles were a response to Bfine's still unsupported claim that the Japanese are quite happy with Trump, as we were discussing the effects/consequences of Trump's speech and other behavior on the current conflict with NK.

Belsnickel, who elsewhere has agreed that Trump is an embarrassment to the US and not managing the Korean conflict well, discounted my links as too old and posted one which, as you say, does not adequately establish its premise. "Applause" seems to have been a reporter's colorful word choice. I expect Japanese to respond positively to Trump's mention of the kidnapped Japanese girl, but we're given no proof of such response; and even given proof of Japanese applauding the MENTION of the girl, it would hardly establish that they have suddenly changed their largely negative assessment of Trump's ability and policies--even if Bels' link is more current.

Now it looks like SSF is asking you to judge the articles in question on their relevance to the general thread topic (Trump's UN speech), rather than on their relevance to the subtopic (Bfine's claim) which generated them. If the substitution of criteria is granted, then likely Bels' response to is more relevant to the thread topic.