President Trump received a ten-point recommendation about how to crack down on North Korea’s nuclear program, with particular support for the regime’s Chinese enablers, from a group of Senate Republicans. North Korea tested another intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday, as Trump and Japanese…
President Trump received a ten-point recommendation about how to crack down on North Korea’s nuclear program, with particular support for the regime’s “Chinese enablers,” from a group of Senate Republicans.
North Korea tested another intercontinental ballistic missile on Saturday, as Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met at Mar-a-Lago. It’s the latest of the aggressive actions that have alarmed Japan and South Korea, as well as the United States, and led the United Nations to impose an additional round of sanctions on North Korea last year.
“As Kim Jung-un has exposed his willingness to increase ballistic missile testing with the ultimate goal of achieving nuclear breakout, the potential for this regime to attain a developed and capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) poses an imminent threat that cannot be ignored,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner wrote in the letter. “North Korea’s test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile this past weekend demonstrates advancement in fuel and launch technology, underscoring the necessity of faithfully executing the law to meet this growing threat. ”
The other signatories to the letter are Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and David Perdue of Georgia.
Subscribe today to get intelligence and analysis on defense and national security issues in your Inbox each weekday morning from veteran journalists Jamie McIntyre and Jacqueline Klimas.
