North Korea’s state media issued a report ahead of this week’s Trump-Kim
summit criticizing US Democrats and other “skeptics” of the peace
process, saying they are missing an historic opportunity and urging President Trump to ignore them.
The report warned that opponents are chilling the atmosphere ahead of
the summit, and would ultimately bear responsibility if the summit
failed in any way, adding this would expose Americans to “security
threats.”
Largely echoing Trump’s comments in favor of the peace talks, US analysts suggested that the state media report was primarily an attempt to further sell Trump on the process, and make him less likely to walk away for fear of it looking like a vindication for his political opponents.
Trump has been upbeat going into the North Korea summit, having a good
rapport with Kim. North Korean media has expressed a belief that true
progress is more likely in direct talks with Trump, after side talks
with Pompeo and other US officials failed to make much progress.
North Korean Media Criticizes US Dems Ahead of Second Summit
Sees 'skeptics' opposing talks 'just for the sake of opposition'
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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