Abandon its nuclear ambitions. The threat of the north Korea Nuclear threat on seoul or tokyo is real, and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the u. S. Mainland. We call on countries to suspend or downgrade diplomatic relations with north korea. North korea exploits its diplomatic privileges to understood its Illicit Nuclear programs and constraining its diplomatic activity will cut off a flow of needed resources. We must increase north koreas isolation. We must have sanctions on dprk entities and tighten those already in place. All options for responding to future provocation must remain on the table. Diplomatic and financial levers of power will be back up by willingness to counternorth korea aggression with military action if necessary. These comments come just hours after President Trump made that startling remark about the possibility of a, quote, major, major conflict with north korea in a interview with reuters. He warned ther
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