Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said any agreement the U.S. attempts to reach with North Korea over its nuclear program will need to be tougher than the deal the Obama administration had with Iran because the threat level is higher.
Feinstein said Sunday on CNN that President Trump has a chance to “put in motion meaningful dialogue” with North Korea, but stood by a letter she signed with other Democratic leaders that said any agreement with Pyongyang would have to include inspections of its nuclear facilities at any given time.
Asked by anchor Jake Tapper why that standard is higher than the nuclear agreement with Iran, which was ended by Trump, Feinstein said that North Korea is more dangerous to the U.S.
“Well, in the first place I believe that North Korea, with an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead is, as I said, a clear and present danger to the United States,” Feinstein said.
She said another difference was that North Korea is more isolated from the world than Iran.
Trump arrived in Singapore on Sunday for the historic meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. They are expected to face each other on Tuesday.
