Trump downplays North Korea missile tests and touts his 'friend' Kim Jong Un
by Zachary Halaschak
| August 02, 2019 01:22 PM
President Trump defended North Korea’s recent short-range missile tests in a string of tweets, saying that the launches didn’t violate the joint statement that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed during a summit in Singapore last year.
North Korea fired off a round of missiles on Thursday in what was the third launch in less than two weeks. In the tweets, Trump said that North Korea under 35-year-old Kim’s regime had “unlimited†potential and noted that the country has much to gain by not becoming too aggressive with its military posturing.
“Kim Jong Un and North Korea tested 3 short range missiles over the last number of days. These missiles tests are not a violation of our signed Singapore agreement, nor was there discussion of short range missiles when we shook hands. There may be a United Nations violation, but…" the president wrote. “Chairman Kim does not want to disappoint me with a violation of trust, there is far too much for North Korea to gain - the potential as a Country, under Kim Jong Un’s leadership, is unlimited. Also, there is far too much to lose.
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