Al Gore Says Trump ‘Inherited Very Dangerous Situation’ in NKorea

Al Gore Says Trump ‘Inherited Very Dangerous Situation’ in NKorea
Former Vice President of United States of America Al Gore is pictured in April, 2013. Justin Mac Innes/Dept of the Taoiseach via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Former Vice President Al Gore said President Donald Trump should be praised for how he’s handling tensions between North Korea and the United States in recent weeks, noting the United Nations Security Council’s recent unanimous resolution to impose sanctions on the isolated, Stalinist regime.

This week, Trump responded to a question about North Korea’s bellicose statements and recent missile tests, saying the United States would defend itself with “fire and fury—like the world has never seen.”

Gore didn’t praise Trump’s comments, but he lauded the sanctions as an “achievement for his diplomacy.”

Trump, meanwhile, “inherited a very dangerous situation from previous world leaders and should not entirely be blamed for the rising tensions, which most recently saw North Korea threatening to strike the U.S. territory of Guam,” Gore, the 2000 Democratic presidential candidate who lost to Republican George W. Bush, told BBC 4 program “Radio Today.”

An undated photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 5, 2017. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
An undated photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 5, 2017. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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