Analysis: Trump’s needless North Korea setback
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow February 28 at 12:40 PM Update: Now North Korea says its offer is different from the one Trump described. It says it was asking only for partial sanctions relief in exchange for closing one nuclear facility -- not full relief, as Trump had said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, it bears noting, did not correct Trump’s claim at their joint news conference.
In explaining his decision to walk away, Trump said that the deal was on paper and “ready to be signed.” But then he proceeded to say that the hang-up was that North Korea wanted all sanctions eliminated for getting rid of just one nuclear facility — Yongbyon. If North Korea hasn’t agreed to even that core principle, what is Trump doing flying literally halfway around the world to negotiate the specifics?
Q: So can you just give us a little more detail? Did you get into the question of actually dismantling the Yongbyon complex?Q: -- to take all of that out?TRUMP: He would do that, but he wants the sanctions for that. And as you know, there’s plenty left after that.TRUMP: We had to have more than that, yeah.
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