Monday, October 2, 2017

Now is not the time to talk with North Korea - White House

The Trump administration maintains that now is not the time to talk with the regime of Kim Jong Un.

Two women - one Vietnamese, one Malaysian - are on trial for the death of his brother, Kim Jong Nam.

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to undermine his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, telling him via twitter that it's a waste of time to talk with Pyongyang, but promising he won't fail when it comes to dealing with "Rocket man" - his nickname for the North Korean leader.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that President Trump is confident in his Secretary of State, but repeated the American President's claim that now is not the time to talk. 

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says they do want to talk about increasing diplomatic pressure on North Korea.

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