CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday [4-11-17] that the US will ‘solve the North Korea problem’ alone if China refuses to help.
‘North Korea is looking for trouble. If China decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without them! U.S.A,’ he tweeted.
‘I explained to the President of China that a trade deal with the US will be far better for them if they solve the North Korean problem,’ Trump also tweeted.
North Korea issued a forceful response to the deployment of a US naval strike group to the region, saying it would counter ‘reckless acts of aggression’ with ‘whatever methods the US wants to take.’
‘We will make the US fully accountable for the catastrophic consequences that may be brought about by its high-handed and outrageous acts,’ a statement provided to CNN by officials in North Korea said.”
-Eugene Scott, “Trump: If China doesn’t help, the US will solve ‘the North Korea problem’ without them,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 11, 2017