Trump Just Slapped Sanctions on Extremist North Ko
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Posted On: 04/03/2017 8:36:20 AM
Trump Just Slapped Sanctions on Extremist North Korean Regime
In response to North Korea’s ongoing development of weapons of mass destruction and its continued violations of international law, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has reportedly imposed financial sanctions on one North Korean company and 11 North Korean individuals.
“Today’s sanctions are aimed at disrupting the networks and methods that the government of North Korea employs to fund its unlawful nuclear, ballistic missile, and proliferation programs,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement published Friday. “I urge our partners and allies to take similar measures to cut off its funding.”
According to the Treasury Department, those named in the sanctions announcement were “working as agents of the regime in Russia, China, Vietnam, and Cuba to provide financial support or procurement services” for WMDs.
While these sanctions were an important move against North Korea, they were not unprecedented. In fact, they were “issued under authorities established by former Presidents George W. Bush, a Republican, and Barack Obama, a Democrat,” as noted by Reuters.
Still, the sanctions showed that President Donald Trump and his administration are serious about putting a leash on North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un, whose behavior has grown increasingly more rash in the past few months.
Earlier in the week, for instance, the young megalomaniac’s administration seemingly threatened war over remarks made by Sen. John McCain in which he had referred to Kim as a “crazy fat kid.”
According to the New York Daily News, the Pyongyang government said the statement was an affront to the young leader’s “dignity” and “tantamount to a declaration of war.”
“(T)he revolutionary forces of the DPRK with its nuclear force for self-defense as its pivot will fulfill its sacred mission of devotedly defending its supreme leadership representing the destiny and life of its people by dealing a merciless sledge-hammer blow at those daring to hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership like a puppy knowing no fear of the tiger,” it added.
If the North Koreans got that mad over McCain’s remark, one can only imagine how they feel about President Trump’s sanctions.
Money talks.
http://conservativetribune.com/trump-first-st...th-korean/
In response to North Korea’s ongoing development of weapons of mass destruction and its continued violations of international law, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has reportedly imposed financial sanctions on one North Korean company and 11 North Korean individuals.
“Today’s sanctions are aimed at disrupting the networks and methods that the government of North Korea employs to fund its unlawful nuclear, ballistic missile, and proliferation programs,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement published Friday. “I urge our partners and allies to take similar measures to cut off its funding.”
According to the Treasury Department, those named in the sanctions announcement were “working as agents of the regime in Russia, China, Vietnam, and Cuba to provide financial support or procurement services” for WMDs.
While these sanctions were an important move against North Korea, they were not unprecedented. In fact, they were “issued under authorities established by former Presidents George W. Bush, a Republican, and Barack Obama, a Democrat,” as noted by Reuters.
Still, the sanctions showed that President Donald Trump and his administration are serious about putting a leash on North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un, whose behavior has grown increasingly more rash in the past few months.
Earlier in the week, for instance, the young megalomaniac’s administration seemingly threatened war over remarks made by Sen. John McCain in which he had referred to Kim as a “crazy fat kid.”
According to the New York Daily News, the Pyongyang government said the statement was an affront to the young leader’s “dignity” and “tantamount to a declaration of war.”
“(T)he revolutionary forces of the DPRK with its nuclear force for self-defense as its pivot will fulfill its sacred mission of devotedly defending its supreme leadership representing the destiny and life of its people by dealing a merciless sledge-hammer blow at those daring to hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership like a puppy knowing no fear of the tiger,” it added.
If the North Koreans got that mad over McCain’s remark, one can only imagine how they feel about President Trump’s sanctions.
Money talks.
http://conservativetribune.com/trump-first-st...th-korean/
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