‘Trump's "war of words" with North Korea is not the right way to go about addressing the nuclear threat from Pyongyang, former ambassador Nancy Soderberg told CNBC on Friday.
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"What you want to try to do is try and solve this first through tough sanctions, and that's what we were doing until this war of words started that has thrown that off kilter. That's just wrong," said Soderberg, who served as ambassador to the United Nations and deputy national security advisor under President Bill Clinton.
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“Force has always been an option, but it has always been the last option, not the first," Soderberg said. "Rather than let that take effect and squeeze the North Koreans and get them back from the brink, we're escalating it and using language that President Kim uses in North Korea. That's not who we are."'
Trump's 'war of words' with North Korea is 'just wrong,' says former ambassador
Trump’s mishandling of North Korea is yet another consequence of his inexperience and ignorance of foreign policy.
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"What you want to try to do is try and solve this first through tough sanctions, and that's what we were doing until this war of words started that has thrown that off kilter. That's just wrong," said Soderberg, who served as ambassador to the United Nations and deputy national security advisor under President Bill Clinton.
[…]
“Force has always been an option, but it has always been the last option, not the first," Soderberg said. "Rather than let that take effect and squeeze the North Koreans and get them back from the brink, we're escalating it and using language that President Kim uses in North Korea. That's not who we are."'
Trump's 'war of words' with North Korea is 'just wrong,' says former ambassador
Trump’s mishandling of North Korea is yet another consequence of his inexperience and ignorance of foreign policy.