The president is expected to give a “dramatic” speech targeting Kim Jong Un.
Ahead of his visit to China, President Donald Trump is expected to pressure China to put more pressure on North Korea, in a speech he will deliver Tuesday evening before South Korea’s National Assembly.
The president is expected to give a strongly worded, “dramatic” speech targeting Kim Jong Un’s regime, while calling on China and the international community to press for direct confrontation of the North Korean leader’s aggressive behavior.
It will be a major test of whether he can formulate an approach differing from that of his predecessors that will encourage North Korea to improve its behavior and avoid the disastrous last resort of military conflict.
On Monday in South Korea, Trump suggested he could “make a deal” with the regime, urging North Korea to “come to the table,” but would not say whether he still believes direct talks are a waste of time.
The president is expected to condemn North Korea as a “sad backwards state,” and denounce their record on human rights, while contrasting the regime with that of South Korea, where he’s expected to reaffirm the U.
