Trump heads to Asia where concerns are growing over possible war with North Korea
Washington Post
By David Nakamura and Adam Taylor November 3 at 12:01 PM
Senior White House aides said Trump’s top priority on the longest overseas trip of any president since George H.W. Bush in 1991 will be to build on the initial success his administration has had in rallying international support for isolating North Korea. Responding to pressure from the United States, the United Nations Security Council approved two rounds of stiffer economic sanctions and a growing number of countries have severed diplomatic ties with Pyongyang and banished North Korean guest workers.
Foreign policy experts called Trump’s public threats and belittling of Kim — the president has dubbed him “Little Rocket Man” — a misguided attempt to apply psychological pressure. In fact, they said, such tactics allow Kim to further demonize the United States.
[In U.N. speech, Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy North Korea’ and calls Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’. One former Obama administration official called Trump’s rhetoric “sophomoric” and said it was “a primitive misreading about how they operate.
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