In May 2017, the DPRK accused the CIA (headed by Mike Pompeo) and the ROK's spy agency, of "a failed plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un. Neither the CIA nor the White House responded to these accusations. While press reports acknowledged the CIA's "long history" of political assassinations, the DPRK's accusations were casually dismissed.
Trump said the war games were expensive and “very provocative”, and yet stopping them has been called a "major concession", something the US has previously rejected as non-negotiable...
We are at a dangerous crossroads. Foreign policy miscalculation could lead to the unthinkable. “MISTAKES” are often what determine the course of World History. Insanity in US foreign policy, not to mention the fiction that nuclear weapons are an “instrument of peace” as formulated by the Trump administration could lead to the unthinkable.
It is highly unlikely that Pyongyang will cave in to US demands which require a unilateral process of "denuclearization" on the part of the DPRK. Meanwhile, Donald Trump remains committed to his 1.3 trillion dollar nuclear weapons program, heralded as a means to ensure America's national security, at tax payers expense.
