Ivanka Trump calls for 'maximum pressure' on North Korea [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Ivanka Trump calls for 'maximum pressure' on North Korea
Benjamin Haas in Pyeongchang
Sat 24 Feb 2018 03.59 GMT
Ivanka Trump is leading a US delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea in an effort to show a softer side of US diplomacy on the peninsula while calling for maximum pressure to be put on North Korea.
Trump watched snowboarding events in Pyeongchang with South Koreas first lady, Kim Jung-sook, and foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha. Wearing a Team USA hat and red snowsuit, she captured the attention of local media. Her trip comes less than two weeks after Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-uns younger sister, visited the South and largely overshadowed US vice president Mike Pence.
We cannot have a better, or smarter, person representing our country, Donald Trump said in an early morning tweet.
At a dinner on Friday, Ivanka Trumps message of maximum pressure seemed to clash with South Korean president Moon Jae-ins strategy of denuclearisation through dialogue. Experts have said the Norths recent diplomatic overtures are aimed at driving a wedge between Washington and Seoul, and the mixed messages suggested there may be tension between the allies.
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