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December 24, 2024

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Why Trump making North Korea his “first priority” isn’t a good thing

Trump's obsession with the DPRK will only deepen the humiliation when his efforts inevitably fail

All news from Washington D.C. indicates that President Trump takes North Korea very, very seriously. As many insiders emphasize, he sees North Korea as his "top priority" in foreign policy.

Perhaps, as a life-long North Korea watcher, I should feel thrilled that the subject of all my research is now getting this much attention in the capital of the world’s only superpower? Well, perhaps I should, but I am not.

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