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Donald Trump's Oppression Of Children In North Korea

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North Korea has been a strong enemy of America for a very long time. Ever since the beginning of the Korean war, they have had a hatred for America. Over the years since then to present day America has tried many attempts to denuclearize North Korea all failing. In present-day 2018, Donald Trump is taking a new approach that seems to be working with North Korea’s sudden peace talk mood.

Since the end of the Korean war to present day, the US has attempted to denuclearize North Korea through the use of negotiation, diplomacy, and sanctions.

In this poster, the message depicted by the blue Korean text states,“The entire mainland United States is within our range!” (Kim). The poster then describes the text through an illustration with nuclear …show more content…

“For years, the United States and the international community have tried to negotiate an end to North Korea’s nuclear and missile development and its export of ballistic missile technology” (Arms Control Association). North Korea’s perspective is that they see Americans as the devil. North Korea has fabricated many propaganda posters such as this one. Today, children in North Korea are taught to view America as the source of all evil in the world. They take national pride in their hate for Americans and their desire to destroy, America with nuclear weapons. Our current president, Donald Trump, has taken a different approach than former presidents. He has taunted the current leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, calling him “little rocket man” and promising to “rain down fire and fury” and “totally destroy North Korea” if America is threatened with nuclear weapons from North Korea (Kahl). Surprisingly, this tactic of his has led to a United States-North Korean summit scheduled for June 12, 2018, in Singapore. This will be the first face to face meeting between the leaders of the two …show more content…

If the event goes according to plan the two leaders will meet on June 12 of 2018. Very recently Kim Jong-un has released five American prisoners from North Korean hostage. More currently Kim Jong-un had threatened to call the entire meeting off after finding that America was still sharing military needs and practicing for battles with South Korea. “The North also raised the possibility of scrapping the meeting with Mr. Trump”(Sang). The vice minister was the one who advised him to call it off due to not wanting to abandon nuclear capabilities. “We have never had any expectation of US support in carrying out our economic construction and will not... make such a deal in future”(Gwan). It can only be estimated what the future will hold with the chance of the summit not going on and with North Korea suddenly being more friendly but time will tell what happens

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