In an interview published Sunday in the Financial Times, President Donald Trump warned that the United States will act alone to address North Korea’s nuclear threat if China does not help the U.S. increase pressure on North Korea.
“China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t,” Trump told the Financial Times. “If they do, that will be very good for China, and if they don’t, it won’t be good for anyone.”
The President is set to meet with China’s Xi Jinping this week at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida.
The Financial Times asked Trump if he would consider agreeing to remove troops from the Korean peninsula if China agrees to up pressure on North Korea.
“Well if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you,” Trump replied.
Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Sunday said that China needs to do more to push North Korea to stop efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
“They need to show us how concerned they are,” Haley said on ABC’s “This Week.” “The only country that can stop North Korea is China, and they know that.”
