One may be tempted to think it was Obama who removed North Korea from being a state sponsor of terrorist years ago. But this wasn’t Obama’s fault. This is none other than George Dubya Bush’s fault, as he remmoved North Korea from the state sponsor of terrorism list during his reign of error. Before re-adding North Korea to the list, only three other countries have made it to the state sponsor of terrorism. Iran, designated in 1984, Syria, designated in 1979 and the Sudan, added in 1993. Dumb Bush removed North Korea from the list in 2008.
President Bush on June 26, 2008: "I am notifying Congress of my intent to rescind North Korea's designation as a state sponsor of terror…" pic.twitter.com/Hu7s3ZXbv4
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President Trump plans to designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday, years after the hermit nation was removed from the list during the George W. Bush administration.
Speaking to members of his Cabinet, Trump said the designation “should have happened a long time ago.” The White House expects the move to put further pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to abandon his nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
“This designation will impose further sanctions and penalties on North Korea… and supports our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the murderous regime,” the president told reporters, noting that the Treasury Department is set to announce additional sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday.
The decision to return North Korea to the list of state sponsors of terrorism comes days after Trump returned from a 12-day swing through Asia, where he met with Chinese, Japanese and South Korean officials to discuss Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.