President Trump Does Not Put A Time Limit on North Korean Denuclearization

Now there is supposedly not a time limit on North Korean dencuclearization:

U.S. President Donald Trump says that there is “no time limit” on North Korea’s denuclearization, reiterating that negotiations with Pyongyang are a process.

Trump made the remarks to reporters on Tuesday at a meeting with members of Congress at the White House, explaining the outcome of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

Trump said that discussions on dismantling North Korea’s nuclear weapons program are ongoing and progressing well, but stressed that there is “no rush for speed” to achieve the goal.

He added that the sanctions against Pyongyang are still in place and referenced the improving U.S.-North Korea relations as the North has refrained from missile tests for nine months and released three U.S. detainees in May.   [KBS World Radio]

You can read more at the link, but it may seem like more of the same in regards to North Korea negotiations.  However, I would not hit the panic button on this as long as the sanctions remain in place. The big question though is what is Kim Jong-un’s time limit?  At some point the regime is going to want the sanctions dropped for little to nothing in return.

A possibility is that the Trump administration’s new strategy may be to wait out the Kim regime.  Maybe the Trump administration understands now that the Kim regime will not denuclearize and instead just play along with negotiations while keeping the sanctions in place.  If North Korea eventually returns to making provocations this could be the excuse the Trump administration needs to take other actions against the regime.