The Contradiction Buried in Trump’s Iran and North Korea Policies
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The Contradiction Buried in Trump’s Iran and North Korea Policies
Wendy said that If the President pulls back on the Iran deal, given Iranian compliance
If Mr. Trump makes good on his threat to pull out of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, how will he then convince the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un,
that America will honor the commitment to integrate North Korea into the world community if only it disarms — the demand Mr. Trump made from the podium of the United Nations.
20, 2017
President Trump is now fully engaged in two nuclear confrontations, one with Iran over a nuclear accord he finds an "embarrassment" and the other with North Korea
that is forcing the Pentagon to contemplate for the first time in decades what a resumption of the Korean War might look like.
If Mr. Morell is right — and no one will know until the North Korean regime collapses
and inspectors can assess the extent of its technology — Mr. Trump faces a problem far more urgent than the one that confronted President Barack Obama in Iran.
What is missing from this debate is obvious: If Mr. Tillerson extracted anything resembling the Iran agreement from North Korea,
it would mark a historic breakthrough, one any of the four previous American presidents would rightly have celebrated.
In the best case scenario, some administration officials say, the Trump administration would be lucky to win a nuclear "freeze"
that keeps North Korea from conducting more nuclear and missile tests.
Wendy said that If the President pulls back on the Iran deal, given Iranian compliance
If Mr. Trump makes good on his threat to pull out of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, how will he then convince the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un,
that America will honor the commitment to integrate North Korea into the world community if only it disarms — the demand Mr. Trump made from the podium of the United Nations.
20, 2017
President Trump is now fully engaged in two nuclear confrontations, one with Iran over a nuclear accord he finds an "embarrassment" and the other with North Korea
that is forcing the Pentagon to contemplate for the first time in decades what a resumption of the Korean War might look like.
If Mr. Morell is right — and no one will know until the North Korean regime collapses
and inspectors can assess the extent of its technology — Mr. Trump faces a problem far more urgent than the one that confronted President Barack Obama in Iran.
What is missing from this debate is obvious: If Mr. Tillerson extracted anything resembling the Iran agreement from North Korea,
it would mark a historic breakthrough, one any of the four previous American presidents would rightly have celebrated.
In the best case scenario, some administration officials say, the Trump administration would be lucky to win a nuclear "freeze"
that keeps North Korea from conducting more nuclear and missile tests.