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Ron Johnson: “President Trump has been engaged in the maximum pressure…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Johnson Discusses North Korea and Trade on CNN

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

North Korea is, quote, thinking about denuclearizing, but quote, who knows what's going to happen? Is that enough of an insurance for you for the President to sit down with Kim Jong Un? Is that enough? Well, President Trump has been engaged in the maximum pressure campaign [against North Korea]. And I joined in a letter with five other my Republican Senate colleagues encouraging President Trump to make sure to maintain that maximum pressure until we find see complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization within North Korea. (00:29–00:33)

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Asserts that President Trump is using a maximum pressure campaign against North Korea.

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