Just last week after returning from his summit with Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump said there was no longer a Nuclear threat from North Korea.
Just landed – a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office. There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2018
Which doesn’t exactly explain why he extended the 10 year national emergency over North Korea’s nuclear weapons threat, writing to Congress: North Korea’s “provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions…continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat’ to the United States.”
Trump last week: "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." Today in message to Congress extending state of national emergency with respect to NKorea "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security" pic.twitter.com/9k93hVpNwJ
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 22, 2018
BREAKING: Donald Trump extends 10-year U.S. national emergency over North Korea's nuclear weapons https://t.co/SkkCTc5Lr9 pic.twitter.com/ZyjrSWEEmr
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 22, 2018