President Donald Trump declared Wednesday morning that North Korea no longer poses a “nuclear threat” to the U.S.
“There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea,” Trump tweeted as he returned to the U.S. “President Obama said that North Korea was our biggest and most dangerous problem. No longer – sleep well tonight!”
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
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 13, 2018
The president met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a historic and unprecedented summit in Singapore Tuesday.
The two shook hands and talked about the bilateral relationship. Trump and Kim signed an agreement in which the North Koreans committed to the compete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in exchange for U.S. security assurances. The agreement, while short on substantive gains, is expected to serve as the foundation for future talks.
Trump has reportedly invited Kim to visit the U.S., and Kim has apparently extended an invitation to Trump to one day visit North Korea.
For wherever the summit may not have achieved success, it at least reduced the likelihood of war with North Korea.
For the time being, though, Kim Jong Un still has possession of his arsenal of ballistic missiles, including ICBMs able to range the U.S., as well as nuclear weaponry. Kim, however, is no longer threatening the U.S. or it’s allies with these weapons.
Send tips to ryan@
All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter’s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.