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They have not a clue what to do now.
President Trump Will Warn China That 'the Clock Has Now Run Out' on North Korea
Zeke J Miller
5:30 PM ET
President Donald Trump will press Chinese President Xi Jinping to take a far tougher stance against North Korea over the rogue state's nuclear program when the two meet later this week in Florida, warning that the U.S. reserves the right to act unilaterally.
Previewing the visit, senior White House officials warned that the North Korea threat is now "urgent," as that country works to simultaneously miniaturize its nuclear weapons and improve its ballistic missile technology. North Korea has been the subject of an interagency review since Trump took office. U.S. intelligence officials believe it will have the ability to reach the U.S. with a nuclear missile within a year at its current pace, and former President Barack Obama warned his successor of the escalating danger before he left office.
Roughly 90% of the isolated nation's trade is with China, and Trump will call on Xi to increase its compliance with United Nations sanctions against North Korea. "We hear sometimes that Chinas political influence may have diminished with North Korea," the official said. "Clearly its economic leverage has not." The official would not rule out the application of secondary sanctions on Chinese entities that trade with North Korea in violation of UN and U.S. sanctions.
"The best outcome would be one in which China very thoroughly implements those UN sanctions and resolutions," the official said. "That is really what were working toward."
As for what Trump will do if China doesn't act, the senior White House official demurred. "{Trump} is not someone who wants to broadcast all of the ins and outs of his strategy in advance," the official said, " but I think hell be sending a clear signal."
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http://time.com/4725837/donald-trump-china-north-korea/
napi21
(45,806 posts)leader of one country or another. Even those who are (or were) our friends. I read a comment somewhere that said our military is designed to be able to fight three wars at one time I sure never read or heard anything that said 4, 5, or 6 wars at once, and the Con is working toward doing that! I HOPE several of the military guys he put into his admin. will get together and convince the Con that his actions and words are harming our Country, not bringing it back from anywhere!
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Dump threatens to brink of war, then Pootie "steps" in to "save the day".
caroldansen
(725 posts)jpak
(41,758 posts)Nitram
(22,853 posts)Get ready for some brinksmanship in Don the con's attempt to distract from his collusion with Russia.
onecaliberal
(32,887 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,107 posts)We're one right wing conspiracy blog that Twitler reads from going to war.
babylonsister
(171,079 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)is providing.
A bunch of rank, ideological amateurs up against politicians who are used to doing politics on the world stage. China is at least ten steps ahead of tRump at this point.
What a disaster.
bdamomma
(63,918 posts)we need to get him out, rattling sabers.