South Korea: Trump Played a Major Role in Opening Door to Talks with North Korea


Speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in Seoul ahead of Friday’s historic summit between the leaders of North and South Korea, South Korea’s foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, said that President Trump is largely responsible for bringing the two sides to the negotiating table.

“Clearly, credit goes to President Trump,” Kang said. “He’s been determined to come to grips with this from day one.”

Kang went so far as to say “I felt like someone stepped on the accelerator at the beginning of the year and it’s been nonstop since then.”

She said that Moon’s determination also played a role in the thaw. In her analysis, the combination of tough rhetoric and economic and travel sanctions were instrumental.
President Trump’s rhetoric, of course, has shifted on North Korea as a summit became a more real possibility.
In August, he threatened “fire and fury like the world has never seen.” In September, he said “Rocket Man is on a suicide mission.” This week, he said that Kim Jong-un had been “very open and I think very honorable.”
Kang admitted Presidents Moon and Trump have at times had “different messaging,” but insisted that they maintained close consultations.
“At the end, the message was North Korea will not be accepted — never be accepted as a nuclear power.”
When asked what would constitute success for President Moon’s summit with Kim, Kang suggested a joint statement of understanding “on a broad set of issues” including denuclearization, peace, and relations between the two countries.
“If we can get — put in writing the North Korean leader’s commitment to denuclearization, that would be a very solid outcome.”

Oh, what will the libtards do now?

Source: CNN



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