North Korea Breaks, Says They Are Willing to Talk
President Donald Trump just keeps on winning, and he just won a major victory in one of the world’s most dangerous areas.
According to Australia’s News.com, a top North Korean diplomat indicated during a television interview in India that Pyongyang would be willing to talk with the Trump administration about suspending their nuclear program and missile tests if their conditions are met.
While Kye Chun Yong, the regime’s ambassador to India, didn’t enumerate the exact conditions, his comments strongly suggested that they involved the suspension of joint military exercises off of the Korean Peninsula.
“Under certain circumstances, we are willing to talk in terms of the freezing of nuclear testing and missile testing,” Kye said during the interview with India’s WION.
“For instance, if the American side completely stopped big, large-scale military exercises temporarily or permanently, then we will also temporarily stop,” he continued, seeming to refer to carrier deployment.
“Let’s talk about how to solve the Korean issue peacefully.”
Kye’s comments came after several tweets and statements made by the president in the wake of the death of Otto Warmbier.
“The U.S. once again condemns the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim,” the president said in one tweet.
The U.S. once again condemns the brutality of the North Korean regime as we mourn its latest victim. Video: https://t.co/Rvm11ZbPk7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2017
Another tweet, however, definitely should have caught the eye of North Korean leadership: “While I greatly appreciate the efforts of (Chinese) President Xi (Jinping) & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out,” the president wrote. “At least I know China tried!”
It sounded harmless enough until you consider the ominous subtext from Trump’s earlier remarks. According to Reuters, before his first summit with the Chinese president back in April, the president warned that if the Chinese couldn’t handle the problem, the United States would — on its own.
“China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t. And if they do that will be very good for China, and if they don’t it won’t be good for anyone,” Trump said. When pressed, he added, “Well, if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you.”
The tweet seemed to signal that Trump was no longer looking toward China, implying that the United States may go it alone. From what Mr. Kye said on Indian TV, the North Koreans didn’t like the sound of that.
It’s good to see that the North Korean regime is seeming to bend to President Trump’s will. We’ll still see what happens — South Korea’s Yonhap reported in the wake of the interview that South Korea has no plans to scrap the joint exercises — but it looks like this could be another win for the Trump administration.
H/T Breitbart