“Today the U.S. is designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, North Korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism including assassinations on foreign soil.” -POTUS pic.twitter.com/b3KakXxBje
— Nick Short 🇺🇸 (@PoliticalShort) November 20, 2017
Kim Jong-un can develop a missile capable of reaching the US mainland THIS YEAR, claims South Korea https://t.co/lxyCPW8gmB
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) November 20, 2017
Tillerson acknowledges that North Korea had previously been designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1998, but that was lifted in 2008 as as part of effort to negotiate an end to its nuclear program. “That obviously failed," he conceded." pic.twitter.com/BMR5Uk9ZvN
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 20, 2017
Not a slow news day after all: Trump has just designated North Korea as a "state sponsor of terror"
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) November 20, 2017
The designation of state sponsor of terrorism authorizes US sanctions against those nations including foreign aid, ban on defense exports, and financial restrictions, already in place for North Korea.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 20, 2017
