{"id":65573,"date":"2018-04-22T17:37:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T17:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/22\/trump-says-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-it-hasnt\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:05:36","slug":"trump-says-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-it-hasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/trump-says-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-it-hasnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn\u2019t."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. \u2014 President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">denuclearization<\/a>\u201d before his potential meeting with Kim Jong Un. But that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea said Friday it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/20\/seoul-north-korean-leader-removes-major-nuclear-sticking-point\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">suspend nuclear tests<\/a> and intercontinental ballistic missile launches ahead of summits with the U.S. and South Korea. Kim also said a nuclear test site would be closed and \u201cdismantled\u201d now that the country has learned how to make nuclear weapons and mount warheads on ballistic rockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the North has stopped short of saying it has any intention of abandoning its nuclear arsenal, with Kim making clear that nukes remain a \u201ctreasured sword.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump nonetheless tweeted Sunday that the North has \u201cagreed to denuclearization (so great for World), site closure, &amp; no more testing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being committed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/09\/us-official-says-north-korean-leader-ready-to-discuss-nukes\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">concept of denuclearization<\/a>, however, is not the same as agreeing to it, as Trump claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea, which is set to meet with North Korea later this week, has said Kim has expressed genuine interest in dealing away his nuclear weapons. But the North for decades has been pushing a concept of \u201cdenuclearization\u201d that bears no resemblance to the American definition, vowing to pursue nuclear development unless Washington removes its troops from the Korean Peninsula and the nuclear umbrella defending South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/18\/us-forces-in-korea-arent-packing-up-just-yet-heres-why\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-927755548.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US forces in Korea aren\u2019t packing up just yet. Here\u2019s why.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Any peace deal with North Korea is unlikely to have an immediate impact on the 23,000 U.S. troops deployed on the peninsula.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea\u2019s president has said Kim isn\u2019t asking for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula as a condition for abandoning his nuclear weapons. If true, that would seem to remove a major sticking point to a potential disarmament deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that still doesn\u2019t address a North Korean arsenal that now includes purported thermonuclear warheads and developmental ICBMs developed during a decadeslong cycle of crises, stalemates and broken promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/19\/trump-says-he-may-leave-summit-with-north-korea-leader-if-meeting-not-fruitful\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Trump agreed to meet with Kim<\/a> after an invitation was delivered by a South Korean delegation that had just returned from Pyongyang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI told President Trump that in our meeting, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he\u2019s committed to denuclearization,\u201d South Korea\u2019s national security adviser later told reporters on the White House driveway. \u201cKim pledged that North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A place and date have yet to be set, but Trump\u2019s pick to be the next secretary of state, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/18\/us-officials-say-pompeo-has-met-with-north-koreas-kim\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">CIA Director Mike Pompeo<\/a>, traveled to North Korea on Easter weekend to lay the groundwork for the meeting. Trump has called the talks a success, but it\u2019s unclear exactly what was agreed to, if anything, as a condition for the leader-to-leader talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLook, this is a great public relations effort by Kim Jong-un. And I think people recognize that,\u201d Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said Sunday on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d But asked whether be believed the North would denuclearize, Corker offered caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, I don\u2019t think he said anything about denuclearizing on the front end, necessarily,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d that it\u2019s unrealistic to think that \u201csomebody\u2019s going to go in and charm\u201d Kim out of keeping his nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIs it realistic that he\u2019s just willy-nilly going to do that? Absolutely not,\u201d Corker said. \u201cBut, you know, progress can be made, freezing the program, who knows what he\u2019s \u2014 what his ambitions are as it relates to South Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., was equally as skeptical on CBS\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation,\u201d arguing that North Korea\u2019s recent statements are easily reversible and that no announcement has been made about short- or medium-range ballistic missiles that threaten South Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, I think this announcement on Friday is better than continued testing, but it\u2019s not much better than that,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I do think they show that the president has put Kim Jong Un on the wrong foot for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked what denuclearization means to both sides, White House Legislative Director Marc Short said on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d that there needs to be a sit-down meeting to make sure everyone\u2019s on the same page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I think from our perspective, it means full denuclearization,\u201d he said. \u201cNo longer having nuclear weapons that can be used in warfare against any of our allies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., told CBS that if the president goes through with the meeting, it\u2019s \u201cvery important\u201d that it \u201cgoes well and that there is an ability to put together some terms of an agreement that might exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe question,\u201d she said, \u201cis whether it lasts or not. And of course the reputation of the North Koreans has been that they don\u2019t necessarily keep their agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to \u201cdenuclearization\u201d before his potential meeting with Kim Jong Un. 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