Trump’s sanctions whim for Kim

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President Trump made an extraordinary announcement on Friday that he rejected sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department on North Korea and that he had “ordered the withdrawal of those additional sanctions.”

The White House followed those surprising remarks with an even odder statement. “President Trump likes Chairman Kim, and he doesn’t think these sanctions will be necessary,” press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters.

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