트럼프의 최후통첩성 발언, "北核해결을 중국이 돕지 않으면 우리 힘으로 할 것"

＂중국은 북한의 핵문제를 우리가 해결하는 것을 돕든지 말든지 결정해야 할 것이다. 도와주면 중국을 위해서도 매우 좋을 것이고 돕지 않으면 누구에게도 좋지 않을 것이다.＂

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별도의 인터뷰에서 백악관의 副안보보좌관 맥파랜드는 "트럼프의 첫 임기 종반에 가면 북한이 장거리 핵미사일로 미국을 공격할 능력을 갖게 될 것이다"고 설명했다. 

"중국은 북한에 대한 영향력이 크다. 북한의 핵문제를 우리가 해결하는 것을 돕든지 말든지 결정해야 할 것이다. 도와주면 중국을 위해서도 매우 좋을 것이고 돕지 않으면 누구에게도 좋지 않을 것이다."

  도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령은 오늘자 영국의 파이넨셜 타임즈와 한 인터뷰에서 이렇게 말하였다. 트럼프 대통령은 이번 週 미국을 방문하는 시진핑 중국 주석을 만나 북한문제를 이야기할 때 무역을 지렛대로 쓸 것임도 밝혔다. 미국은 對中 적자국이다. 트럼프는 "만약 중국이 북한문제를 해결하지 않겠다면 우리가 할 것이다"고 했다. 기자가 중국의 도움 없이도 北核문제를 해결할 수 있느냐고 묻자 이렇게 말했다. 

  "전적으로 가능하다."

  지난 달 한국을 방문하였던 틸러슨 미 국무장관은 "북한에 대한 군사 행동도 배제하지 않는다"고 말하였다. 파이넨셜 타임즈는 트럼프에게 "이른바 그랜드 바게인, 즉 중국이 북한에 대하여 주한미군이 나중에 철수한다는 것을 보장한다는 식으로 핵포기 압력을 행사하는 발상에 대하여 어떻게 생각하느냐"고 묻자 트럼프는 "만약 중국이 북한문제를 해결하지 않겠다면 우리가 할 것이다. 이게 말하고싶은 전부다"고 했다. 

  별도의 인터뷰에서 백악관의 副안보보좌관 맥파랜드는 "트럼프의 첫 임기 종반에 가면 북한이 장거리 핵미사일로 미국을 공격할 능력을 갖게 될 것이다"고 설명했다. 

  미국이 취할 수 있는 조치로는 북한과 거래하는 중국 기업에 대한 제재, 공세적 對北공작, 예방적 공격 등이 꼽히고 있다. 

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Trump ready to tackle North Korea alone — FT exclusive

President says US will act unilaterally if China does not pressure Pyongyang

13 HOURS AGO by: Lionel Barber, Demetri Sevastopulo and Gillian Tett in Washington

Donald Trump has warned that the US will take unilateral action to eliminate the nuclear threat from North Korea unless China increases pressure on the regime in Pyongyang.

In an interview with the Financial Times, the US president said he would discuss the growing threat from Kim Jong Un’s nuclear programme with Xi Jinping when he hosts the Chinese president at his Florida resort this week, in their first meeting.

“China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won’t,” Mr Trump said in the Oval Office. “If they do, that will be very good for China, and if they don’t, it won’t be good for anyone.”

But he made clear that he would deal with North Korea with or without China’s help. Asked if he would consider a “grand bargain” — where China pressures Pyongyang in exchange for a guarantee that the US would later remove troops from the Korean peninsula — Mr Trump said: “Well if China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you.”

The White House views North Korea as the most imminent threat to the US after Barack Obama warned his successor about the progress Pyongyang had made developing long-range missiles and nuclear weapons.

“There is a real possibility that North Korea will be able to hit the US with a nuclear-armed missile by the end of the first Trump term,” KT McFarland, the deputy White House national security adviser, told the FT in a separate interview.

While Mr Trump is increasingly worried about North Korea, his view on Europe has moderated. He stressed that Brexit would be a “great deal for [the] UK and . . . really good for the European Union” but said he was less convinced that other countries would follow the UK out of the EU. “I think that it [the centre] is really holding. I think they have done a better job since Brexit.”

Ahead of the US-China summit, Mr Trump raised hopes that he would reach some kind of deal with Mr Xi, despite heavy criticism about China’s trade surplus and exchange rate policy. “I have great respect for him. I have great respect for China. I would not be at all surprised if we did something that would be very dramatic and good for both countries and I hope so.”

The National Security Council has completed a review of options on North Korea that Mr Trump ordered after his inauguration, according to two people familiar with the review. One of those people said the review had been accelerated to have the options ready for the Trump-Xi summit.

Mr Trump said it was “totally” possible for the US to tackle North Korea without China. Asked if that meant dealing with Pyongyang one on one, he said: “I don’t have to say any more. Totally.” 

Barring a pre-emptive strike on North Korea — which the administration will not rule out since all options are on the table — many experts believe the US needs Chinese help as Beijing has the most sway over Pyongyang. But Washington could consider alternatives, ranging from more effective sanctions to various kinds of more controversial covert action.

“What President Trump is trying to do here is to press the Chinese hard by warning them what comes next if they don’t help or join with the US to deal with this problem,” said Dennis Wilder, a former CIA China analyst who later served as the top White House Asia aide to George W Bush.

“What he is signalling is that the next step is to begin secondary sanctions, which we have avoided. They are sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals who deal with North Korea,” he added.

Mr Wilder said Mr Trump could also pressure China not to use North Korean labour, which is a source of revenue for Pyongyang. “Then you get to the other options, which are much more controversial, like taking covert action against North Korea, for example using cyber.”

The mounting concerns about North Korea were underscored recently when Rex Tillerson, the US secretary of state, said during a visit to Asia that the previous US “policy of strategic patience has ended”.

China has also raised alarms about the increasingly dangerous situation on the Korean peninsula. Last month, Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister, called on North Korea to halt its missile and nuclear programmes, while urging the US to stop military exercises that anger Pyongyang. “The two sides are like two accelerating trains coming towards each other with neither side willing to give way. The question is, are the two sides really ready for a head-on collision?” Mr Wang said.

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