[AdmSmith]

Good speech, but...

“Chinese analysts continue to argue that no amount of pressure, short of what might cause a collapse, will bring North Korea to denuclearize,” Kovrig said.

“Beijing’s prescription is still to coax rather than to pressure. Unlike the U.S., it's not in a hurry and hopes that economic incentives can gradually induce Pyongyang to moderate its behavior.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/trump-warns-of-severe-consequences-for-north-korea-as-russia-china-balk-at-tough-us-talk/2017/07/06/f176634c-61ca-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html

[TigerLikesRooster]

I would not have expected otherwise. That is why I said that Trump should have squeezed China early and hard. In addition to China's foot dragging, there are people inside Trump admin. who are not keen to apply full pressure on China. Tillerson and Ross are probably in that camp. There is a chance that scaled-down gradual pressure over long time would be what could eventually come out.

Too little to force China to rein on N. Korea in time, and not even effective in punishing China for other reasons than N. Korea.

It seems that Trump and Bannon are meeting roadblocks at every turn.