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Trump’s erratic messaging undermined maximum pressure on North Korea: McMaster

In new book, former security adviser shines light on internal policy division, says Trump proposed strike on DPRK parade

President Donald Trump’s inconsistent messaging on North Korea severely undermined the administration’s "maximum pressure" strategy to convince Kim Jong Un to denuclearize, former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster claims in a new book that seeks to show what a second Trump term would look like.

In “At War with Ourselves,” Trump’s top security adviser from 2017 to 2018 shines a light on internal conflicts and strategic challenges that the administration faced during a critical period in U.S.-North Korea ties.

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