Donald Trump has warned that talking to North Korea is “not the answer” as tensions between Pyongyang and Washington mount once again following the latest North Korean ballistic missile test.
“The US has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!” Mr Trump tweeted one day after he had declared that “all options are on the table”.
Over the past few months, the US state department has been urging other countries — particularly China, which has the most leverage with North Korea — to ramp up economic and diplomatic pressure on Pyongyang in the hope that it would force North Korea to enter into serious negotiations over its nuclear programme.
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