Trump Knows Striking North Korea Is Last Resort, McCain Says
- Senator says president is committed to working with China’s Xi
- ‘Artillery that’s north of Seoul -- that is really of concern’
How China and the U.S. Could Deal With North Korea
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President Donald Trump is well aware that a preemptive strike against North Korea must be a last resort, in large part because of the artillery Kim Jong Un’s regime could unleash to devastate South Korea’s capital, Senator John McCain said.
“One of the major reasons is because of that artillery that’s north of Seoul -- that is really of concern,” McCain, the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Thursday in an interview after the panel heard testimony from Admiral Harry Harris, the chief of the U.S. Pacific Command.