President Donald Trump is keeping all options on the table regarding North Korea after its most recent missile test, and he will sign the Russia sanctions bill after a regulatory review, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday.<\/b>
\nPresident Donald Trump is \u00ab\u00a0keeping all options on the table\u00a0\u00bb regarding North Korea after its most recent missile test, and he will sign the Russia sanctions bill after a regulatory review, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday.
\u00ab\u00a0The president obviously has been very outspoken about how he feels about North Korea, \u00a0\u00bb she said at the daily briefing with reporters. \u00ab\u00a0We’re weighing all options, keeping all options on the table \u2014 and, as we’ve said many times before, we’re not going to broadcast what we’re going to do.\u00a0\u00bb
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that war with Pyongyang was \u00ab\u00a0inevitable\u00a0\u00bb if it continued its missile program, after testing an ICBM last Friday that experts said could reach Los Angeles.
\u00ab\u00a0You’re making the president pick between regional stability and homeland stability, \u00a0\u00bb the South Carolina Republican, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told \u00ab\u00a0Today\u00a0\u00bb on NBC .
\u00ab\u00a0They’ve kicked the can down the road for 20 years, \u00a0\u00bb he added. \u00ab\u00a0There will be a war with North Korea over the missile program if they continue to try to hit America with an ICBM.\u00a0\u00bb
When asked whether Graham’s option of destroying North Korea was being considered by Trump, Sanders responded: \u00ab\u00a0That’s not what I’m saying.
\u00ab\u00a0What I’m saying is the president has been very outspoken about the need to stop North Korea.
\u00ab\u00a0We’ve been focused on stopping the nuclear program, stopping the missiles, stopping the aggression.
\u00ab\u00a0That still continues to be the focus \u2014 and we’re keeping all options on the table in order to do that.
\u00ab\u00a0We’re not going to broadcast movements on things like that before they take place, \u00a0\u00bb she said.
She also declined to say whether the administration would increase pressure on China \u2014 only that \u00ab\u00a0we’re going to continue to work with our allies, continue to work with our partners \u2014 and that Pyongyang must decide whether it is an adversary of the United States.
\u00ab\u00a0In some ways, they get to decide by the actions that they take, \u00a0\u00bb Sanders told reporters. \u00ab\u00a0If they want to stop their nuclear program, stop the games, stop the missiles, stop the aggression, we may be able to find ways to move forward.
\u00ab\u00a0But those are the priorities of this administration.\u00a0\u00bb
Regarding the sanctions bill \u2014 passed by the Senate last week and slapping tough economic penalties on Moscow, Pyongyang and Iran \u2014 Sanders reiterated that Trump would sign it after it undergoes regulatory review.
Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday in Mocow that Trump would sign the bill soon .
\u00ab\u00a0There’s nothing holding him back, \u00a0\u00bb she said. \u00ab\u00a0There’s a review process, a legal process.
\u00ab\u00a0They’re going through that and he’ll sign the bill.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

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