Of the few minutes of his first State of the Union address that Donald Trump spent on foreign policy, he devoted the most time to North Korea.
Past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. I will not repeat the mistakes of past administrations that got us into this dangerous position. We need only look at the depraved character of the North Korean regime to understand the nature of the nuclear threat it could pose to America and our allies.
Trump introduced the family of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who was imprisoned in North Korea for a vandalism offense and fell into a coma while imprisoned. He died shortly after returning to the United States. The president also told the story of Ji Seong-ho, a North Korean defector.
