Satellite imagery sours Trump’s post-Hanoi honeymoon with Kim
By John Hudson John Hudson National security reporter focusing on the State Department and diplomacy. Email Bio Follow March 6 at 5:37 PM When President Trump abruptly walked away last week from a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, he emphasized that it was not an angry walk, “it was a very friendly walk,” and he hoped the two sides would return to the negotiating table “soon.”
The message the North Korean leader is trying to send by restarting construction at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station is unclear. Trump said Wednesday that he would be “very disappointed” if North Korea had restarted construction, but refrained from harsher criticism, calling the reports “very early.”North Korea has yet to comment on the reports.
“It indicates that he still thinks he can pressure the Trump administration into concluding a deal that is favorable to Pyongyang,” she said. “By threatening to reverse a commitment agreed under the Pyongyang Declaration, Kim is also simultaneously sending a message” to South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he must act quickly to “mediate between Trump and Kim or act unilaterally to move inter-Korea relations forward.
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