Trump: ‘The United States Is Designating North Korea as a State Sponsor of Terrorism’

During a statement on Monday, President Trump announced that the US is designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism and slapping an additional, “very large” sanction on the country.

Trump said, “Today, the United States is designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. Should have happened a long time ago. Should have happened years ago. In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, North Korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil. As we take this action today, our thoughts turn to Otto Warmbier…and the countless others so brutally affected by the North Korean oppression. This designation will oppose further sanctions and penalties on North Korea and related persons, and supports our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the murderous regime that you’ve all been reading about, and in some cases, writing about. Tomorrow, the Treasury Department will be announcing an additional sanction, and a very large one, on North Korea. This will be going on over the next two weeks. It’ll be the highest level of sanctions by the time it’s finished over a two week period. The North Korean regime must be lawful, It must end its unlawful nuclear ballistic missile development and cease all support for international terrorism, which it is not doing.”

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