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Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Talking is not the answer for North Korea, Trump tweets
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump says that “Talking is not the answer!” when it comes to North Korea.
In a tweet he says the US has paid the North Koreans what he calls “extortion money” for 25 years.
The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2017
Trump’s tweet comes on the heels of the North’s recent missile test over Japan.
The White House isn’t immediately responding to questions about the meaning of Trump’s tweet.
North Korea has in the past temporarily halted nuclear development when the US and others provided food aid or other types of compensation. But the North hasn’t been making such demands, at least publicly, since Trump took office.
— AP
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