Welcome to the show. Supporting anti-government protests in Iran, threatening to cut foreign aid to both Palestinians and Pakistan, and zeroing in on DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump has begun the New Year with several Twitter tirades. CGTN's Jessica Stone has the details.  

24 hours of critique by tweet - on foreign policy in Iran, among Palestinians, in Pakistan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Each one - authored by U.S. President Donald Trump.

On the DPRK - a taunt from Trump to Kim Jong Un - "I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one." Seoul had no immediate response. But when Iran's foreign minister saw Trump tweeting his support for the protestors, he took to twitter too - referring to foreign influence on the demonstrations writing: "infiltrators will not be allowed to sabotage them through violence and destruction."

Trump's tirade continued with a thread threatening to pull foreign aid from both Palestinians saying "With the Palestinians no longer willing to talk peace, why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?" and doubling down on his threat to pull further aid from Pakistan "It's not only Pakistan that we pay billions of dollars to for nothing."

Reaction was swift from high-level voices in both nations:

SHAHID KHAQAN ABBASI PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN "We should not be given taunts of aid. The Coalition Support Fund should not be given the name of 'aid' or 'donations'. We do not need such fund."

HANAN ASHRAWI PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE "I would say that Palestinian rights are not for sale and we will not succumb to blackmail. There are imperatives and requirements for peace and unilaterally President Trump has destroyed them."

Asked if the American president's tweets could cost the U.S. peace, his spokesperson said when it comes to his thoughts on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions:

SARAH SANDERS WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY "I think the President is concerned about continued threats that he's made towards the US and others. And he won't allow that without standing up for the American people and the country."

JESSICA STONE WASHINGTON "On the heels of Trump's twitter tirade - another battle with his former chief strategist: Steve Bannon. In a new book coming out next week Bannon is quoted as calling Trump family members "treasonous" for meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 election. Trump responded with a statement saying Bannon not only lost his job when he was fired over the summer, but lost his mind. Jessica Stone; CGTN Washington."