Despite
a recent thaw in relations with Kim Jong-un, President Donald Trump
is renewing US sanctions on North Korea for another year, justified
by “an unusual and extraordinary” nuclear weapons threat.
“The
actions and policies of the government of North Korea, including its
pursuit of nuclear and missile programs; and other provocative,
destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies… continue to
constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the United States,”
read a White House statement on Friday.
After
meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore earlier
this month, Trump had promised to remove the sanctions “when we are
sure that the nukes are no longer a factor.” The president added:
“I look forward to taking them off.”
On his
way home from the Singapore summit, Trump declared that North Korea
no longer posed a nuclear threat to the US.
“There
is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” he tweeted.
“Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive
experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!”
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