AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts NKorea aim to 'denuclearize'

 

April 22, 2018



WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his aides are leaving a false impression about the extent of North Korea's plans to give up its nuclear weapons.

They say North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has basically agreed to "denuclearization." In fact, Kim's announcement Friday before summits with the U.S. and South Korea is more limited, agreeing to freeze missile and nuclear weapons tests and close one nuclear facility already believed to have been rendered unusable.

There is no mention by North Korea of full nuclear disarmament.

Meanwhile, Trump offered a shifting rationale in recent days...



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