Comment: Trump risks failure abroad with fresh North Korea, Iran tensions


AS the 2020 election nears, Donald Trump is facing major setbacks on the boldest foreign policy initiatives of his presidency: Defusing North Korea’s nuclear threat and constraining Iran.

On New Year’s Day, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proclaimed he was no longer bound by his pledge to halt major nuclear missile and bomb tests and warned he would soon shock the United States with a “new strategic weapon”.

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