November 13, 2016

"Having scored a historic political upset by promising to demolish the status quo, Donald Trump's looming presidency has raised the prospect of a radical shift in U.S. policy toward North Korean denuclearization.

While outgoing President Barack Obama has shunned talks with North Korea in the absence of concrete steps to disarm, candidate Trump repeatedly suggested he would be willing to talk to dictator Kim Jong-un without preconditions.

'I'll speak to anybody. Who knows?' Trump said at a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia in June. 'There's a 10 percent or a 20 percent chance that I can talk him out of those damn nukes because who the hell wants him to have nukes? And there’s a chance — I’m only gonna make a good deal for us.'"

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http://thediplomat.com/2016/11/trumps-unlikely-rise-hints-at-shift-in-us-policy-on-north-korea/ 

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