The latest in a series of comments either blaming China for the problems in North Korea or claiming they could unilaterally solve the entire situation came, as it often has, from President Trump’s Twitter, as he today declared China had been caught “RED HANDED” allowing oil into North Korea.
From Trump’s comments, it’s not clear if the oil was sold to North Korea by China, came from China, or indeed if China just didn’t stop it coming from somewhere else. It was clear, however, Trump felt he’d caught the Chinese, warning that it precluded a “friendly solution” to North Korea to allow them to have oil.
China was quick to point out that there is no UN sanction which prohibits shipping oil into North Korea. Indeed, the US sought that ban during the most recent sanctions on North Korea, but failed, and had to settle for a deal that banned nothing, and only limited processed oil products, not crude.
Though all reports at the time of the sanctions, earlier this month, made clear that was the case, and that it was the only reason Russia and China didn’t veto the sanctions, its unclear if President Trump was aware of this, or if he believes his demand for global oil ban on North Korea was imposed.
Either way, Trump is using this as an opportunity to present the situation as a failing on China’s part, and to put the lack of progress on North Korea on somebody else.
China backs Lil Kim as long as he doesn’t fire the first shot. Beijing has been explicit about this. The Chinese will tolerate just about anything that keeps the US off its borders… Drump and the US Establishment are too gormless to figure out what end is up…
The US adversary is not NKOR but China… which means the US is checkmated.
Not so much checkmated as talking to the wrong people about the wrong things. We need to talk to the Chinese about what they want for North Korea, and go from there. We know they don’t want us in there. We can give them that. What else? Ask. Do a deal with China.
China wants to be sure that the US wont launch another genocidal Korean War and the only way to do this is to embrace North Korea as a viable nuclear power. America has already made it painfully clear that they have no interest in peace. Beijing and Pyongyang have been left with no other choice.
Good riddance. America are the bad guys here, not China.
Correct. Yankee go home. (please!)
How many nations in the UN will Trump manage to alienate by the end of 2017?? The sort of thinking coming from the twittering twit would not be accepted even in a kindergarten.
Tactics we agree with:
1. Starving Yemen as policy
2. Causing mass hypothermia
The fact that Drumpf is referring to evidence from October and misrepresents it as recent for political talking points should tell his hypnotized followers something about his regard for truth – but it doesn’t.
If Trump thought China would abandon N Korea he was mistaken. Now like other issues he lies and distorts the circumstances for his base.
As always he is impotent and can only talk about it.