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CNN: Trump’s Syria threats are exactly why North Korea wants nuclear weapons

By CNN.

Published April 13, 2018 at 10:03 pm

This photo taken on Feb.8, 2018 and released on Feb. 9, 2018 by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (2nd R) attending a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean People's Army at Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang.

Photo by AFP

As the US prepares to try and convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up his nuclear weapons, it may be about to make his counter argument for him.