President Donald Trump alleged on Thursday that talks between North and South Korea expected would not have occurred without his tough rhetoric against Pyongyang.
Lambasting “go busted ‘experts'” discussing the matter as “fools,” Trump questioned whether the two political entities would have engaged in conversation had he not been “firm, strong and content to commit our total ‘might’ against the North.” The president also appreciated the development as a “good thing.”
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North Korea reopened its cross-border communications moat on Wednesday with South Korea for the first time in almost two years. The start the ball rolling signaled a vital diplomatic breakthrough as geopolitical tension has risen beyond North Korea’s nuclear capability.
Trump ignited concern on Tuesday when he predicted that the U.S. had a “much bigger” and “more powerful” nuclear “button” than North Korean head Kim Jong Un’s.
The president said sanctions were “beginning to have a big repercussions” on Pyongyang. The U.S. and its allies have placed increasing economic pressure on North Korea to discourage its development of its arsenal of nuclear weapons and ballistics missiles.