North Korea Tense
Kim wasn’t pleased to say the least according to reports. It was somewhat surprising since Nauert said they received nothing from Pyongyang regarding stopping its military exercises.
“We will appropriately respond to the Trump administration if it approaches the North Korea-U.S. summit meeting with a truthful intent to improve relations,” Kim said.
“But we are no longer interested in a negotiation that will be all about driving us into a corner and making a one-sided demand for us to give up our nukes.”
He added, “and this would force us to reconsider whether we would accept the North Korea-U.S. summit meeting.”
It was clear such a statement shouldn’t be taken lightly and Kim could possibly withdraw from the summit.
If he did it would be Trump and Moon’s fault. Since a hold off from doing such drills would benefit their agenda.
Such an effort towards the North Koreans should be well thought out and planned. It was clear that this one wasn’t well thought out as it could cause Kim to change his mind.
“The United States must carefully contemplate the fate of the planned North Korea-U.S. summit amid the provocative military ruckus that it’s causing with South Korean authorities,” the North said. “We’ll keenly monitor how the United States and South Korean authorities will react.”
