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Rais wa Marekani amesema kuwa yuko tayari kuichukulia hatua North Korea peke yake, kuhusiana na vitisho vya Nuclear kama China haitashiriki kusaidia katika kuishawishi N.K.
"China ina ushawishi mkubwa kwa N.K na kama wataamua kusaidia itakuwa vizuri, na kama hawataamua kusaidia haitakuwa vizuri kwa yeyote. Lakini alisisitiza kuwa atapambana na N.K "with, or without China."
Rais Barack Obama alimtahadhalisha mfuatilizi wake kuhusu N.K kuwa tishio kubwa kwa Marekani baada ya kugundua kuwa Pyongyang wamepiga hatua katika kutengeneza makombora ya masafa marefu na silaha za nuclear.
“There is a real possibility that North Korea will be able to hit the US with a nuclear-armed missile by the end of the first Trump term,” KT McFarland, the deputy White House national security adviser, told the FT in a separate interview.
While Mr Trump is increasingly worried about North Korea, his view on Europe has moderated. He stressed that Brexit would be a “great deal for [the] UK and . . . really good for the European Union” but said he was less convinced that other countries would follow the UK out of the EU. “I think that it [the centre] is really holding. I think they have done a better job since Brexit.”
Ahead of the US-China summit, Mr Trump raised hopes that he would reach some kind of deal with Mr Xi, despite heavy criticism about China’s trade surplus and exchange rate policy. “I have great respect for him. I have great respect for China. I would not be at all surprised if we did something that would be very dramatic and good for both countries and I hope so.”
The National Security Council has completed a review of options on North Korea that Mr Trump ordered after his inauguration, according to two people familiar with the review. One of those people said the review had been accelerated to have the options ready for the Trump-Xi summit.
FT exclusive: Trump ready to tackle North Korea alone
