Tuesday, October 10, 2017

President Trump May Visit The DMZ Between North And South Korea Next Month

The view from the North Korean side of the DMZ. CNN

Reuters: Trump may visit DMZ between North and South Korea: Yonhap

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump may travel to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea when he visits South Korea next month, the South’s Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, citing a defense source.

The White House sent an advance team of working-level officials in late September to check candidate sites for Trump’s “special activity” in South Korea, the source was quoted as saying.

Trump was expected to send a significant message to North Korea, either verbally or “kinetically”, during his first trip to the peninsula as U.S. commander-in-chief, the source said.

The truce village of Panmunjom and the observation post, both inside the DMZ, were among locations Trump was considering visiting, the source said.

Yonhap did not elaborate and the White House did not comment.

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WNU Editor: Every President goes to the DMZ .... I expect President Trump will do the same.

More News On Reports That President Trump May Visit The DMZ Between North And South Korea Next Month

Trumps mulls DMZ tour next month: source -- Yonhap News
Trump may visit demilitarized zone in South Korea to send a 'significant message' -- FOX News
Donald Trump may visit heavily armed border area between North and South Korea -- The Telegraph
Donald Trump 'could visit demilitarised zone' between North and South Korea -- The Independent
Donald Trump will Visit the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea -- Novinite
Donald Trump May Use North Korea Border Visit to Send Kim Jong Un a Message -- Newsweek

5 comments:

fazman said...

Not every president goes to the dmz when the countries are approaching a kinetic war level.

fred said...

how many visits by prior presidents at a time approaching a kinetic war level? Perhaps he will toss paper towels at N. Korean guards, as he did in Puerto Rico

fazman said...

Or perhaps he will continue to be the only potus who has managed to get those who matter onboard with serious sanctions and actually has Kim second guessing himself.
I think he's kept a few rolls of paper towel in the situation room, hell of a lot of mess to clean up.

SCOTTYD said...

This seems very unwise to me. If I was as unstable as kim, I'd blow south Korea to bits the second I confirmed Trump was there. He knows he can't beat america in a war, but killing the president would be about the closest second.

fazman said...

Unless he believes that he has called Kim's bluff and travelling within spitting distance is driving that point home.
Fatso, little. Rocket man etc and not a peep,even getting China onboard for serious sanctions . Kim is perplexed and second guessing himself.