Economics
Trump’s in ‘No Rush’ on North Korea—Which May Be Just What Kim Wants
- State Department says there are no ‘artificial timelines’
- North Korea continues developing missile technology: analysts
U.S. President Donald Trump
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President Donald Trump argues there’s no urgency to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. Critics worry that relaxed approach may play into North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s hands.
On Wednesday, Trump played down worries over an announcement hours earlier that a meeting scheduled between Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and his North Korean counterpart was unexpectedly canceled. He chalked up the change to a scheduling conflict, adding, “We think it’s going fine, we’re in no rush.”