President Trump Says Sanctions Will Remain Until North Korea Takes “Meaningful” Denuclearization Steps
I guess this all comes down to what is considered a “meaningful” step to remove sanctions:
U.S. President Donald Trump has urged North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to take “meaningful” steps for denuclearization to earn a lifting of sanctions on his regime, a few days before their second summit in Vietnam.
Korea Times
“The sanctions are on in full,” Trump told reporters at the White House, Wednesday (local time). “I have not taken sanctions off. I would love to be able to, but in order to do that, we have to do something that is meaningful on the other side.”
The U.S. leader implied that denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will be a long process, saying he hopes to hold more summits with Kim down the road.
“I don’t think this will be the last meeting by any chance,” Trump said.
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In totally unrelated news, when I first went to a large cancer treatment hospital, I went through a lit of necessary but painful tests. When I finally saw the Medical Oncologist, he had a clipboard with about an inch and a half of papers detailing the results of those tests.
As my cancrr was in my right cheek, just under the eye, I was terrified by all of this; but I had to put on as brave a face as possible.
I asked the doctor if the cancer had spread, and when he said no, I told him, “Good! I have been wanting to tell my boss it was all in my head.”
He looked stunned, at first, then realized I was making a bad joke and gave me a dirty look–because it was a large, aggressive, dangerous camcer and the first operation had not gotten the whole thing.
Meanwhile, his PA, standing behind him, almost dropped her clipboard while trying not to laugh out loud.
Have a blessed weekend, ROK Droppers!