Here Are the Real Reasons Behind Trump’s Brinksmanship Toward N. Korea
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Andrew Korybko
Trump is pursuing several ulterior motives in sparking a new crisis with North Korea.
There are many explanations floating around which seek to answer the question of why Trump has all of the sudden decided to prioritize North Korea.
The conventional view has to do with a combination of Pyongyang's repeated missile tests in violation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions and the related need to "justify" the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) deployment right on Russia and China's doorstep.
These points are certainly valid and serve as the most obvious reasons behind Trump's actions, but there's more to it than people might initially think.
Trump doesn't just need to "justify" THAAD's North...