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It's not "his childish twitter diplomacy". Mike Pompeo was just in NK. Trump also agreed to talks with KJU, which is what triggered all of these summits to be
by blhack 8y ago
It's not "his childish twitter diplomacy". Mike Pompeo was just in NK. Trump also agreed to talks with KJU, which is what triggered all of these summits to begin with.
You don't have to like the guy, but the US absolutely had a hand in this.
- drak0n1c 8y agoThere were also targeted sanctions and freezing of assets of Russian and Chinese smugglers, which was the most important policy change. Realpolitik cargo culting prevented prior administrations from taking that extra step. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-sanctions-chinese-and-russian-companies-and-individuals-for-conducting-business-with-north-korea/2017/08/22/78992312-8743-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-sa...
- jessaustin 8y agoThe idea that USA diplomats and bureaucrats didn't sanction enough simply does not compute. No one in Washington ever heard of a sanction she didn't like.