Economics
A Rough Guide to North Korea's Many Promises to Abandon Nukes
- Trump has set a high bar for agreement with Kim Jong Un
- The U.S. says the approach this time is ‘radically different’
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Donald Trump has pledged to avoid the mistakes of previous U.S. presidents in their failed attempts to push North Korea to abandon its nuclear program. There are a lot to chose from.
Trump on Tuesday will become the first sitting U.S. leader to meet a member of North Korea’s Kim dynasty. It won’t be easy to immediately judge whether the shift in strategy proved successful, as Pyongyang’s previous pledges to denuclearize and abandon weapons facilities later proved unenforceable.