President Donald Trump canceled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming trip to North Korea. The president tweeted Friday that North Korea hasn’t made enough progress on denuclearization yet, and blamed China.
Reason for Canceling
It’s been two months since Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He was optimistic at first, saying he believed Kim wanted to denuclearize. The meeting ended, however, with no clear plan to do that.
“There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” Trump tweeted after the summit. “Before taking office people were assuming that we were going to War with North Korea. President Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. “No longer — sleep well tonight!”
But after three more trips for Mike Pompeo, North Korea has still not adopted a plan. Now, the president is beginning to agree with those who thought his optimism was premature.
On Monday, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that it has a “grave concern” about North Korea’s nuclear program.
