Trump: US will deal with North Korea with or without China: report

[corbe]

Trump: US will deal with North Korea with or without China: report

 By Olivia Beavers - 04/02/17 03:06 PM EDT

President Donald Trump said he will deal with the increasingly aggressive North Korean state with or without the help of the Chinese government.

“China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t,” Trump told the Financial Times in an exclusive Sunday interview.

“Well if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you,”

Trump said it would be mutually beneficial for China to help stop North Korea.

“If they do, that will be very good for China, and if they don’t, it won’t be good for anyone,” he added.
Trump said he would discuss the North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile programs during his scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where he hopes the two leaders can strike a deal to pressure Pyongyang.

Trump, who repeatedly said he wants to renegotiate U.S. trade deals with China, declined to say which topic he would first discuss with the president of China.

But he said trade is the incentive he plans to use to strike a deal with China, emphasizing “it is all about trade.”

Deputy White House national security adviser KT McFarland told FT in a separate interview that North Korea poses a serious security risk to the country.

“There is a real possibility that North Korea will be able to hit the U.S. with a nuclear-armed missile by the end of the first Trump term,” McFarland said.

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http://thehill.com/policy/international/326925-trump-us-will-deal-with-north-korea-with-or-without-china-report

[Right_in_Virginia]

TRUMP: 'If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will'
Business Insider/Reuters, Apr 2, 2017, Timothy Ahman and Valerie Volcovici

The United States is prepared to respond to North Korean nuclear threats on its own if China fails to pressure Pyongyang, President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.

"Well if China is not going to solve North Korea, We will. That is all I am telling you," he was quoted as telling the newspaper.

Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping this Thursday and Friday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the two leaders are expected to discuss North Korea, China's ambitions in the South China Sea and trade.

"China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won't," he was quoted as saying in the paper.

Trump's Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland said there is a "real possibility" North Korea could be capable of hitting the United States with a nuclear-armed missile by the end of Trump's first term, the newspaper reported.

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-trump-totally-possible-for-us-to-address-north-korea-threat-alone-ft-2017-4

[Cripplecreek]

He'll deal with them with China simply because of all the bad options, going through China is the least bad option.

[kevindavis007]

It is best to go through China to do something about their puppet regime.

[Fishrrman]

The deal:
- China deposes the lil' fat boy, and dismembers the NORK nuke program by whatever means necessary.
and in return...
- The United States refrains from imposing any tariffs on Chinese imports (perhaps for a specified period, say, 50-100 years hence).

[kevindavis007]

The deal:
- China deposes the lil' fat boy, and dismembers the NORK nuke program by whatever means necessary.
and in return...
- The United States refrains from imposing any tariffs on Chinese imports (perhaps for a specified period, say, 50-100 years hence).

It is deal they should consider or Trump should offer.