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GOP rep: Trump needs to 'quit complimenting Kim Jong Un'
Source: The Hill
GOP rep: Trump needs to ‘quit complimenting Kim Jong Un’
BY TAL AXELROD - 02/06/19 10:32 AM EST
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) is ripping President Trump’s praise of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, in which Trump announced the next phase of denuclearization talks with the reclusive leader.
“We can quit complimenting Kim Jong Un. Let’s understand that when we have our military exercises going and we have a presence in South Korea, that’s how you force enemies to negotiate to the table. You force them to the table by having a stick option out there, and that’s what we need," Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CNN Wednesday morning.
Trump and Kim first met in June at a summit in Singapore to begin negotiating North Korea’s denuclearization. The president declared the meeting a success, saying in a tweet that there was “no longer a Nuclear threat from North Korea," a position undercut by U.S. military officials.
However, while North Korea released three U.S. hostages and has not tested any missiles since the meeting, Kim has not taken any verifiable steps toward reducing or dismantling his nuclear arsenal.
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BY TAL AXELROD - 02/06/19 10:32 AM EST
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) is ripping President Trump’s praise of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, in which Trump announced the next phase of denuclearization talks with the reclusive leader.
“We can quit complimenting Kim Jong Un. Let’s understand that when we have our military exercises going and we have a presence in South Korea, that’s how you force enemies to negotiate to the table. You force them to the table by having a stick option out there, and that’s what we need," Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CNN Wednesday morning.
Trump and Kim first met in June at a summit in Singapore to begin negotiating North Korea’s denuclearization. The president declared the meeting a success, saying in a tweet that there was “no longer a Nuclear threat from North Korea," a position undercut by U.S. military officials.
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However, while North Korea released three U.S. hostages and has not tested any missiles since the meeting, Kim has not taken any verifiable steps toward reducing or dismantling his nuclear arsenal.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/428708-gop-rep-trump-needs-to-quit-complimenting-kim-jong-un
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