Donald Trump mulls N Korea military option as he meets with South Korean president Moon Jae-in
DONALD Trump is set to discuss a wider range of strategies on how to deal with North Korea, including a military option as he meets South Korea’s president.
THE Trump administration will consider a number of strategies on how to deal with North Korea’s expanding military provocations in the region, including a military option, according to reports.
“What we have to do is prepare all options because the president has made clear to us that he will not accept a nuclear power in North Korea and a threat that can target the United States and target the American population,” national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Wednesday, the New York Post reported.
The options are in case North Korean President Kim Jong Un’s regime conducts an underground nuclear test or shows it has achieved some success in developing a long-range ballistic missile that could hit the US, the cable news network said.
“The threat is much more immediate now and so it’s clear that we can’t repeat the same approach — failed approach of the past​, ”​ Gen. McMaster​ said during a ​conference ​that was also attended by ​homeland security ​adviser​ John Kelly.
​The meeting took place a day before President Trump ​will welcome South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the White House.
​Moon has said he will align his country with Trump against North Korea. ​
“Together we will achieve the dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear program, peace on the Korean Peninsula and eventually peace in Northeast Asia,” Moon said.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have increased as Kim’s government continues to test-fire ballistic missiles, many of which have crashed into the Sea of Japan.
Earlier this month, North Korea freed Otto Warmbier, an American university student who had been in a coma for more than a year.
Warmbier, 22, who died a week after his release, had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labour in the reclusive country for stealing a propaganda banner from a Pyongyang hotel.
This article originally appeared in the New York Post
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