{"id":54041,"date":"2017-09-20T20:47:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T20:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/20\/trumps-trashing-of-iran-deal-poses-problems-for-north-korea-strategy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:48:55","slug":"trumps-trashing-of-iran-deal-poses-problems-for-north-korea-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/20\/trumps-trashing-of-iran-deal-poses-problems-for-north-korea-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s trashing of Iran deal poses problems for North Korea strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNITED NATIONS \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s threat before the world to obliterate North Korea left no doubt about his determination to stop the communist country\u2019s nuclear weapons buildup. His disparagement of the Iran nuclear deal in the same speech offered Pyongyang little hope of a negotiated solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his maiden address at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump spelled out in blunt and personal terms the reasons why Kim Jong Un and his government should be treated as pariahs. It was a surprisingly brutal indictment, even by the standards of a president who has spoken about unleashing \u201cfire and fury\u201d on Kim\u2019s country if it didn\u2019t end its nuclear provocations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said not only has the North Korean government starved its citizens and killed opponents, it was now threatening the world with \u201cunthinkable loss of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is time for North Korea to realize that the denuclearization is its only acceptable future,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He offered no path toward making that future a reality.<\/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\/2017\/09\/20\/i-have-decided-trump-says-of-iran-deal-before-big-talks\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17263496010978.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\">\u2018I have decided,\u2019 Trump says of Iran deal \u2015 before big talks<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cI have decided,\u201d President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, announcing he\u2019d reached a verdict on the Iran nuclear deal\u2019s future even as top U.S. and Iranian officials headed into their highest-level talks of his presidency. Iran\u2019s leader, meanwhile, lashed out at \u201cignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric\u201d in response to Trump\u2019s blistering attack at the U.N.<\/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\">Despite Trump\u2019s rhetoric, his administration insists it is seeking a diplomatic resolution. Any military intervention designed to eliminate the North\u2019s nuclear and missile arsenal would almost surely entail dire risks for U.S. allies in the region, particularly South Korea, lying in range of the North\u2019s vast stockpiles of weaponry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about Trump\u2019s address, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reiterated his preference Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will hopefully get this resolved through diplomatic means,\u201d Mattis told reporters in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But other than using economic pressure to try to compel Pyongyang to give away its nuclear weapons \u2014 a strategy that has failed for the past decade \u2014 Trump\u2019s administration has yet to lay out a strategy for a possible negotiated settlement. In recent weeks, the administration\u2019s lack of direction has been all too apparent, as Trump and other top officials have vacillated between bellicose talk of possible military action and, at one point, even praise for Kim for a brief lull in missile tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the absence of such a policy roadmap, the president\u2019s words won\u2019t change North Korea\u2019s behavior,\u201d said Frank Jannuzi, an East Asia expert and president of the Washington-based Mansfield Foundation. \u201cNor will they bolster Chinese, Russian or allied confidence in the U.S. approach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fears of a military confrontation are increasing. North Korea conducted a series of provocative launches in recent months, including a pair of intercontinental missiles believed capable of striking the continental United States and another pair that soared over Japanese territory. It also exploded its most powerful nuclear bomb to date. Prodded by Washington, the U.N. has responded with the toughest economic sanctions on North Korea yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the impasse is no closer to being resolved. Russia and China, which backed the new sanctions, want the U.S. to seek dialogue with the North. American officials say the time isn\u2019t right for any formal diplomatic process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, Trump has escalated the name calling. On Tuesday, he derisively referred to Kim as a \u201cRocket Man\u201d on a \u201csuicide mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also made a direct comparison between the \u201creckless regimes\u201d in Pyongyang and Tehran, which rolled back its nuclear program only two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comparison could reinforce Kim\u2019s view that he needs nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles to deter the U.S. from attacking him, according to Mark Fitzpatrick at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDenouncing a deal that all other parties are upholding will certainly not make the North Koreans any more disposed toward striking a deal with the United States over their nuclear program,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump called the Iran deal one-sided and \u201can embarrassment to the United States.\u201d His comments heightened anticipation that Trump might declare Iran in violation of the seven-nation agreement, and even destroy it entirely, despite a U.N. report this month showing Iran was living up to its end of the bargain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Obama administration, which forged the Iran deal, never lost an opportunity to point out how it showed Washington was willing to reach a deal with an adversary prepared to negotiate in good faith. It often made that argument explicitly when talking about North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pyongyang may be completely uninterested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North has virtually closed the door to a diplomatic resolution, said Evans Revere, a former senior State Department official who participated in unofficial talks with North Korean officials in Switzerland this month. \u201cDefiance and confrontation, not dialogue, seem to be at the center of Pyongyang\u2019s thinking these days,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a dangerous place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, U.S. allies don\u2019t want Trump to close off the possibility of a peaceful end to the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump\u2019s threatening approach. She offered to help negotiate a solution similar to that reached with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we must take the same path or a similar one, with Russia, with China, together with the US, also in the case of North Korea,\u201d she told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking shortly before Trump at the U.N. on Tuesday, the world body\u2019s secretary-general urged diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFiery talk can lead to fatal misunderstandings,\u201d Antonio Guterres said. \u201cThis is a time for statesmanship. We must not sleepwalk our way into war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer David Rising in Berlin and Robert Burns in Washington contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s threat before the world to obliterate North Korea left no doubt about his determination to stop the communist country\u2019s nuclear weapons buildup. 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