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The North Korean ambassador’s statement is the most blunt demonstration that North Korea doesn’t need the United States now that they got what they wanted, which was for the United States President to treat North Korea as a legitimate state actor as well as to weaken our Asian alliances. Now, they’ve got their nukes, they’ve got official US recognition and global legitimacy, and they’ve fractured the wall of countries dedicated to containing them.
This is why Obama never visited North Korea or spoke with Kim Jong Un personally. That was a crucial currency we were withholding in order to get concessions. Another negotiation card we could have used was the suspension of military exercises with South Korea, but like a personal face-to-face, trump also handed that over in return for nothing.
But hey. At least he tried.
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
This is why Obama never visited North Korea or spoke with Kim Jong Un personally. That was a crucial currency we were withholding in order to get concessions. Another negotiation card we could have used was the suspension of military exercises with South Korea, but like a personal face-to-face, trump also handed that over in return for nothing.
But hey. At least he tried.
Denuclearization is off the negotiating table with the U.S., North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations said Saturday in a strongly-worded statement that also criticized EU member nations for playing “the role of pet dog” to Washington.
Ambassador Kim Song said that the “sustained and substantial dialogue” sought by the U.S. with Pyongyang was a trick done to suit its domestic political agenda, according the statement, which was first reported by Reuters.
“We do not need to have lengthy talks with the U.S. now and denuclearization is already gone out of the negotiating table,” Kim said.
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?