Then there is North Korea, which keeps testing missiles, including one this week in advance of Trump’s meeting with President Xi Jinping of China, a clear message<br />that North Korea continues its weapons program unbowed by pressure from America or China.<br />When asked Wednesday during a news conference with King Abdullah II of Jordan whether the chemical<br />attack this week crossed a “red line,” Trump said: “It crossed a lot of lines for me.<br />When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, little babies, with a chemical gas<br />that is so lethal, people were shocked to hear what gas it was, that crosses many many lines, beyond a red line.<br />During the news conference, a reporter asked:<br />“If I may, Mr. President: You know very well that the Iranian militias<br />and Hezbollah have been propping the Syrian regime for a while, over a few years now.<br />In any case, this week Trump told The Financial Times, “If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will.”<br />This seemed to signal the possibility of unilateral action of some kind, but the form is not clear.<br />Just days after the Trump administration shockingly signaled a softer stance on President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, Assad — possibly<br />emboldened by America’s reversed course — unleashed an atrocious chemical attack on his own people, killing dozens.<br />The reporter had to point out the ridiculousness of the answer: “But sir, I’m talking about<br />the Iranian militias in Syria supporting the Syrian regime, separate of the nuclear deal.
