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North Korea will blame Mike Pompeo for new long-range missile tests

By Tom Rogan

Published March 31, 2020 3:04pm ET

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North Korea will blame Mike Pompeo for new long-range missile tests — RETRANSMISSION WITH BETTER QUALITY - In this image made from video provided by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a joint announcement with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018. | (Korea Broadcasting System via AP)

Blaming Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday for its disinterest in continuing talks, North Korea sought preemptive justification for a new intermediate-range or long-range ballistic missile test. That test should be expected soon.

North Korea is hoping that it can attract President Trump to blame Pompeo for driving relations downwards, and in so encourage Trump to fault Pompeo rather than Kim Jong Un for the state of diplomacy.

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