President Donald Trump engaged in an astounding bit of Twitter diplomacy Tuesday, saying abruptly that while he appreciate China’s “help with North Korea, it has not worked out.”
While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2017
On Monday, American Otto Warmbier died just days after being released from 17 months of captivity in North Korea. Following news of Warmbier’s death, Trump said during a roundtable with tech CEOs: “It’s a brutal regime, and we’ll be able to handle it.”
He added Tuesday while speaking to press in the Oval Office: “It’s a total disgrace what happened to Otto. That should never, ever be allowed to happen.”
Trump also said Warmbier should have been brought home sooner, suggesting that his predecessor President Barack Obama bore some blame.
A few days after Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping in April at Mar-a-Lago, he backed off formally calling the country a currency manipulator, breaking a campaign pledge and citing the country’s potential to help combat the threat posed by North Korea.
Just before Trump’s tweet, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said at a press briefing that “[w]e will continue to apply economic and political pressure and try to continue to work with our allies. We’ve had I think positive movement on China over the past five months of this administration. We’ll continue to work with them and others to put the appropriate pressure on North Korea to change this behavior and this regime.”
Ruh Roh, Deflection Donnie is about to get us into two wars at once…
(BeattyCat handing PeePee-in-Chief a napkin) Dude, you got some Chinese poop still on your nose. You don’t have to try so hard – they already granted you the patents. Or is this about Jarvanka’s upcoming visit to do their own butt-licking?
What didn’t work out?
Gosh. What could go wrong?
Donnie taking credit for building the Great Wall of China?