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Instead, Kim Jong Un must be convinced that the nuclear weapons he considers the ultimate shield to ensure his survival are in fact the sword through which he will perish. Echoing the themes of a surreal trailer that Trump had done for Kim at their recent summer summit in Singapore, Graham explained the choice that was to be presented to North Korea as a choice between hanging on to its nuclear weapons at great perils or trading these weapons in exchange for getting help in pursuing a Western or even Trumpian economic development model. "You can have Trump hotels everywhere, you can have nice condos, or we'll shoot you down if you keep developing nuclear weapons to threaten our country," Graham said.
Although Kim does not look like "crazy religious Nazis" in Iran, Graham continued, he is nevertheless "crazy", possessing long-range missiles likely to carry nuclear warheads on the American continent and "likely to sell". elements of its nuclear program to other actors, including the enemies of America. "The only way [Kim will] The change is that he believes you will use military force to stop his program, "said Graham, and the use of military force should be a" last resort "for the United States because" if people may be in danger, they will not be. to be our homeland. It's going to be there "on the Korean peninsula
Graham's heated rhetoric was shocking – a vivid reminder that even though Trump was currently rejecting the idea of unleashing a catastrophic war in Korea, shouting about his "beautiful letters" of Kim and professing unlimited patience for conclude an agreement, North Korea hawks are waiting behind the scenes. Graham and National Security Advisor John Bolton (whom Graham approvingly describes as "skeptical" in North Korea) lack patience and are still convinced that love is replacing little of the economic and military pressure on South Korea. North. There are only a few months left of the "fire and fury" era of the North Korean nuclear crisis, although it seems like it's been a long time. Graham, a prominent voice of that time, admitted Wednesday that he did not know how to evaluate the chances that Trump would get a denuclearization deal with Kim Jong Un.
"If he manages to convince Rocket Man that it's death or condos, he's OK," said the senator, thus erasing Trump's derisory nickname for the time being, scrapped from Kim. "If Rocket Man thinks that Trump likes him and that he backs off, we all have problems."
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