Trump says China tried but failed to help on North Korea

Donald Trump, Mike Pence and top aides have staked any progress dealing with North Korea’s burgeoning nuclear program on China’s involvement

On Tuesday, Trump upended much of that works in 140 characters, tweeting that Chinese efforts have “not worked out.”

“While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried,” Trump wrote.

The tweet, which came hours before the United States and China were set to meet in Washington to talk about North Korea, caught multiple Trump administration officials off guard, leaving them scrambling as they tried to figure out what exactly what the President meant.

One Trump administration official said bluntly they didn’t know what Trump was referencing when asked what the tweet meant.

Another cautioned against reading too much into the message, arguing that there was no meeting earlier in the day that could have spurred the comment or that that tweet foretold some sort of unilateral action against North Korea…

Source: Trump to China: Thanks for trying with North Korea – CNNPolitics.com