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Iran warns North Korea: Trump could cancel deal before getting home
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday against trusting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying he could cancel their denuclearization agreement within hours.
Tehran cited its own experience in offering the advice to Kim a month after Washington withdrew from a similar deal with Iran.
Trump and Kim pledged at a meeting in Singapore on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy.
“We don’t know what type of person the North Korean leader is negotiating with. It is not clear that he would not cancel the agreement before returning home,” Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht was quoted as saying by IRNA new agency.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-iran/iran-tells-north-korea-trump-could-cancel-deal-before-getting-home-idUSKBN1J813Y?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b20219604d3015d47dbf6e4&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Tehran cited its own experience in offering the advice to Kim a month after Washington withdrew from a similar deal with Iran.
Trump and Kim pledged at a meeting in Singapore on Tuesday to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy.
“We don’t know what type of person the North Korean leader is negotiating with. It is not clear that he would not cancel the agreement before returning home,” Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht was quoted as saying by IRNA new agency.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-iran/iran-tells-north-korea-trump-could-cancel-deal-before-getting-home-idUSKBN1J813Y?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b20219604d3015d47dbf6e4&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
ETA: This didn't take long! (bolding mine).
Any final deal President Trump signs with North Korea should come to Congress for ratification as a treaty, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, adding his powerful voice to the calls for Congress to weigh in.
Mr. McConnell left the window open for some other method of congressional approval, but said he preferred the treaty route, which would elevate the deal to binding law that couldn’t be wiped away by a future administration.
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Senators also seemed to tamp down on Mr. Trump’s suggestion that he was canceling joint military exercises with South Korea.
Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado Republican, said Vice President Mike Pence had suggested that the exercises won’t be halted.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/12/us-south-korean-military-exercises-still-gop-senat/
Mr. McConnell left the window open for some other method of congressional approval, but said he preferred the treaty route, which would elevate the deal to binding law that couldn’t be wiped away by a future administration.
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Senators also seemed to tamp down on Mr. Trump’s suggestion that he was canceling joint military exercises with South Korea.
Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado Republican, said Vice President Mike Pence had suggested that the exercises won’t be halted.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/12/us-south-korean-military-exercises-still-gop-senat/
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