NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Monday [11-20-17] officially designated North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, returning the rogue nation to a list from which it had been removed during the George W. Bush administration.
North Korea had been removed from the list under the George W. Bush administration in an attempt to salvage negotiations for a nuclear deal.
The president made the announcement at the White House on Monday morning. North Korea will join Sudan, Syria and Iran as countries that the State Department identifies as ones that have ‘repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.’
Administration officials had hinted in recent weeks that Mr. Trump was considering adding North Korea back to the list in light of that country’s nuclear ambitions and its cyberattacks aimed at the United States and other countries.”
-Michael D. Shear, “Trump Returns North Korea to List of State Sponsors of Terrorism,” The New York Times online, Nov. 20, 2017