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Deal with rocketman...
By: Charlie
Experts and politicians, such as Jeff McCausland, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former member of the National Security Council, believe the deal failed due to Mr Trump not understanding what Kim Jong-un ‘truly wants’ (as stated in an interview between Mr McCausland and NBC news). Some believe Kim Jong-un is only doing the talks to distract the world from the severe breaches of human rights, claimed by multiple organisations, though there are many different opinions varying from politician to politician and down to the average person. What Kim Jong-un “truly wants” is not yet clearly stated and cannot be confirmed by any source. Mr Trump tweeted that he and Kim Jong-un “will try very hard to work something out” and will also try to “make North Korea an economic power house”. Whether this will happen is unknown and is down to the two leaders to come to a diplomatic agreement. As of now, tensions between the peninsula and the rest of the world remain high with future talks not yet confirmed, but very likely to take place.
This is the second paragraph of your articleThis ‘no deal’ will be a major blow to the Trump campaign, as the meeting held expectations of a deal being met, including from foreign nations wanting the nuclear threat removed. North Korea refuses to do this on the basis of it leaving them defenceless. In order for this to happen, North Korea wants all of their sanctions removed; something Mr Trump says is not possible. Despite all of this, he reportedly remains “optimistic” that progress will be made in the near future.