TRUMP SAYS “THE U.S. IS READY TO GO HARD IN EITHER DIRECTION” WITH NORTH KOREA: My latest Creators Syndicate column. (bumped)

VERY RELATED, AS IN HALF-BROTHER RELATED: U.S. government sanctions North Korea for Kim Jong Un’s nerve agent assassination of his half-brother, Kim Jong Nam. This is called “maintaining the pressure.” The assassins used VX liquid chemical nerve agent — a banned WMD. The assassination took place in Malaysia in February 2017.