North Korea Asks Why It Should Keep 'Holding Hands' With US Amid Trump Administration's 'Hypocrisy'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: VICE

Accusing the U.S. of failing to back up its conciliatory tone with concrete policy changes, North Korea vowed to continue its nuclear program.

By Min Ji Koo
Jun 12 2020, 4:24am



U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP (R) AND NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN (L) WALK
TO ATTEND THEIR HISTORIC US-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT IN SINGAPORE ON JUNE 12, 2018. KCNA VIA KNS / AFP

North Korea on Friday publicly questioned why it should continue its uneasy detente with the United States, citing the Trump administration’s “empty promises” and a lack of concrete results since the two countries’ leaders first met in Singapore two years ago.

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon said through state media agency KCNA on Friday that North Korea would continue building up its military forces, including its controversial nuclear missile program, in a statement that coincided with the two-year anniversary of the unprecedented 2018 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

Ri questioned why North Korea should bother to “keep holding hands shaken in Singapore” when no tangible improvements had come out of the unusual personal relationship between the two leaders, and accused Trump of having listed his successes in North Korea “time and time again as a boast.”

“The U.S. professes to be an advocate for improved relations with the DPRK, but in fact, it is hell-bent on only exacerbating the situation,” he continued, suggesting that Washington had coupled its newly conciliatory tone with the same aggressive policies it has long leveled at the North.

Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyz7dz/north-korea-denuclearisation-united-states

[Squinch]

1. Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

[gordianot]

2. Children of privelsge with much in common.

One institutional megalomania the other a hereditary criminal enterprise, the lines blur which is which.

[gab13by13]

3. When did North Korea stop its nuclear program?

When did it stop enriching uranium?

[Iliyah]

4. The liars club incorporated . .

having a dispute? I do not trust this.

[louzke9]

5. GEE KIM......

YOU GOT PLAYED BY TRUMP. He just used your for a campaign photo op and he probably thought it might get him a "Noble Piece Price" to boot, LOL! Congratulations, now your are just another member of Trump's "Used and Abused Losers Club"!

[Maxheader]

6. Well stumpy...

Ya eat fried chicken, ya gonna get greasy fingers...moron..

[jb5150]

7. And that's what happens when you overplay your hand ..

it was a trap all along … a trap that every President before Trump managed to avoid falling into.

[Hugin]

8. So, it's finally dawned on one if not the most oppressive regimes on the planet...

that anything the Jaundiced KKKracker touches turns to shit.

'bout time, is all I'm sayn'.

[gab13by13]

9. Just looks like a lover's quarrel to me.

Weren't Trump and Kim brothers separated at birth?

I'm still asking the question, when did Kim stop his nuclear program?

[Maeve]

10. What, serial liars can't be trusted? Whoda thought??

[NCjack]

11. Kim is pissed. Still no Las Vegas-style Trump hotel & golf course,

replete with western prostitutes.

[keithbvadu2]

12. No more love letters?

[maxrandb]

13. Kim is taking a page from Melania

Donnie Shit for Brains placed Kim in a position of strength, and now Kim is going to compassionately dominate the Dipshit for a more lucrative prenup.