Donald Trump’s nominee for Pentagon chief called North Korea a “nuclear state” on Tuesday, appearing to signal a shift from long-standing U.S. policy of “never” accepting the DPRK’s nuclear status.
But an expert warned that Peter Hegseth’s statement may simply reflect his ignorance of peninsula issues, rather than the incoming Trump administration’s plans to take a new approach toward Pyongyang.
Donald Trump’s nominee for Pentagon chief called North Korea a “nuclear state” on Tuesday, appearing to signal a shift from long-standing U.S. policy of “never” accepting the DPRK’s nuclear status.
But an expert warned that Peter Hegseth’s statement may simply reflect his ignorance of peninsula issues, rather than the incoming Trump administration’s plans to take a new approach toward Pyongyang.
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