President Trump wrote a letter to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, praising him for his efforts to protect the country from coronavirus, and offering US help in combating any outbreak. North Korea confirmed the letter but didn’t say what they’d done beyond that.
Administration officials also confirmed the letter, saying it was in keeping with Trump’s effort to engage world leaders on the coronavirus and offer US assistance if they needed it. Such offers did not, it seems, apply to Iran, where US officials declared that coronavirus “wouldn’t save them.”
How seriously the coronavirus has hit North Korea is the subject of some speculation, though the nation has denied any huge outbreaks. If they did have an outbreak, however, it’s not clear they’d have access to the equipment to treat many patients.
North Korea’s main interest would be getting some sanctions eased, and that might be done in the name of humanitarian aid for the virus.
Let’s face it, Trump respects money or power. North Korea doesn’t have one but has the other. Iran on the other hand doesn’t have either.
That’s a pretty good observation…
Plus Israel doesn’t mind.
Actually, North Korea is the one place I’s worry about over COVID-19.
Its not like their government prioritized keeping the ordinary people healthy and fed.
The governors and mayors of the US are waiting for the same offer.
Wow. The US “offers help” against coronavirus but can’t wipe its own behind!
China masterfully managed the epidemic and gave us the warning and the example to follow but we preferred to mess things up beyond any possibility of doing anything to save the life of our frail and elderly citizens. We even don’t have a small fraction of the essential necessity for management, i.e. test kits, because we refused the internationally used tests (they didn’t make money!)
So what are we “offering” to North Korea? A way to kill their own population the way we are doing it? More effective police state measures than North Korea already has?