Reuters: North Korea sanctions 'nothing compared to what will have to happen': Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the latest U.N. sanctions on North Korea agreed this week were only a very small step and nothing compared to what would have to happen to deal with the country’s nuclear program.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned China that if it did not follow through on the new sanctions, the United States would “put additional sanctions on them and prevent them from accessing the U.S. and international dollar system.”
Another senior administration official told Reuters any such “secondary sanctions” on Chinese banks and other companies were on hold for now to give China time to show it was prepared to fully enforce the latest and previous rounds of sanctions.
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2 comments:
I don't quite understand - from a moral perspective (not in terms of real politics, I get that) - how China and Russia can back this regime.
Kim Jong Un has had own family members tortured and killed. I'm not even talking about the countless generals and political adversaries who got killed, tortured or sentenced to hard labour campus (=death sentence). Think about that.
He runs a totalitarian state in which it means certain, gruesome death if your crime is as big as falling asleep during a parade.
Think about that for real.
This guy - who people have to treat like a God and never say no to - now soon will have the most powerful and devastating weapons and delivery platforms at his fingertips. Worry about Trump being impulsive and having his finger on the button?
I repeat. A guy who has own family members tortured and killed has nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them soon.
And China backs him with almost no hesitation. And make blood money with it. And rape the environment. And ignore WHO and rape all other countries financially.
And the MSM talk about what Trump tweeted.
This will not end well.
Anonymous,
There will certainly be "blowback" that will hit those and hit them very hard who support the North Korean government. The thing about "blowback" is it may come from those who are wronged but ftom somewhere it real come.
From somewhere blowback will be visited upon China, Russia, and all those who support the current North Korean government. America and Americans know a great deal about this. Chinese and Russians especially their leaders are the world's most arrogant. As such, they think they are immune. They are not.
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