Thursday launched the civil service in the treasury department new sanctions aimed at north Korea.
Friday, Donald Trump pulled them back.
While presidents usually have confidence in the civil service, and let them perform the kind of tasks, have Trump therefore assessed that there was no reason for further sanctions against diktaturstaten.
– today It was announced by the ministry of finance, that more comprehensive sanctions would be added to the already existing sanctions against north Korea. I have ordered, that the further sanctions will be withdrawn!, write Donald Trump on Twitter.
According to the New York Times was the new sanctions against two chinese shipping companies, which would have helped north Korea to circumvent international sanctions. It is the first new sanctions since the end of 2018, but now will not to anything anyway.
According to The White House’s press spokesman, Sarah Sanders, was Trumps decision a service against Kim Jong-un.
– President Trump may like president Kim, and he do not think these sanctions will be necessary, she says according to the New York Times.
the Newspaper has tried to get a comment from the finance ministry’s spokesman, Tony Sayeh, but he has not returned.
despite the fact that the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in the last month did not lead to any agreement, Trump several times since praise Kim Jong-un, and he assures that there still is a good relationship between the two countries.
