If the Chinese really wanted to cut North Korea off completely, they would collapse in a few weeks. That is what Trump is asking for.
I would go further than Trump, and tell the Chinese they have our permission to take over North Korea and run it, just as long as they respect the southern border. They just might take him up on that.
Nah, North Korea wouldn't collapse. There would be another famine (just as there was after the Soviet Union fell, and with it the Soviet support of North Korea), but the elites (and military) would still have enough to eat. Perhapps another famine would lead to the fall of the regime eventually, but that's not certain, and in any event, it would take far longer than "weeks."
China cut off NK’s train access before.
People assume that NK is a puppet state of China, but NK had Russian, not Chinese, pilots flying against us during the Korean War.
Putin is pissed off at Obama, too. It’s *entirely* possible that NK wants to do something to gain favor with Russia.
It’s *entirely* likely that NK wants to be courted by *both* Russia and China. NK would love to play Russia and China against each other to gain the most from both.
NK just saw the USA’s amateur team give away the farm to Iran for a nuclear deal, too.
Pyongyang is licking its chopsticks thinking about the noodle in our White House cutting Kim Jon Un an even better, more prestigious deal.
...and the *only* Westerner talking to him is Dennis Rodman.
Because the current Administration is so amateurish and wrong-headed, Rodman is the most responsible adult in the room.
Sheesh...