Rep. Davis worries North Korea won’t give up nuclear weapons

Posted on March 12, 2018

 

Rodney Davis
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis is skeptical about President Trump’s chances for success when he meets with the North Korean leader. (WJBC file photo)

By Howard Packowitz

Central Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis is not convinced President Trump should meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Davis, a Republican, noted previous administrations tried to entice North Korea’s government with financial incentives, and yet North Korea had no intention of doing away with its nuclear program.

“There’s a history of North Korea and other countries, like Iran, talking about getting rid of their nuclear program,” Davis said. “And then having no intention of doing so even though they were rewarded with hundreds of millions, if not billions, of American tax dollars as incentive to stop their nuclear program,” Davis added.

“I’m very worried about that happening again and I would hope that this administration understands that,” he said.  Davis hopes the administration enters negotiations aware of past failures and comes up with some way to guarantee these talks will be a success.

The congressman said time will tell whether this president’s strategy of dealing with North Korea will be more effective than prior administrations.

 Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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