Trump 2.0’s North Korea Policy Should Shift From CVID to CVIF: Suzanne Scholte

News Summary

Suzanne Scholte, chair of the North Korea Freedom Coalition and Free North Korea Radio, argued in her op-ed that a second Trump administration should shift U.S. North Korea policy from CVID (complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement) of the nuclear program to CVIF (complete, verifiable and irreversible freedom) for the North Korean people.

She said, "This policy would mirror the current goals of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, recognize the hard reality that decades of U.S.-North Korea negotiations have failed and achieve lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula with the liberation of a people who suffer unspeakable atrocities for being born north of instead of south of the Demilitarized Zone." 

She added, "I hope that when Mr. Trump takes office, he will embrace Mr. Yoon’s freedom-based agenda for the Korean Peninsula and pen his next letter to Kim Jong Un: “You have been a terrible leader of your people, only giving them starvation, misery and death. If I could speak on their behalf, I would tell you: ‘You’re fired.’”"

Commentary

Dr. Scholte's op-ed must be read by President-elect Trump and his team, since shifting from CVID to CVIF is the sole path to bringing lasting peace and freedom on the Korean Peninsula.

History tells that over two decades of negotiations with the Kim regime for CVID resulted only in the development of more powerful nuclear weapons and the loss of millions of North Korean lives.

Trump 2.0 should not repeat the same mistake that all the previous U.S. administrations made, including its first term.

It is time to acknowledge the truth proven by history that the Kim regime will never give up its nuclear weapons, and the only way to achieve enduring peace on the Korean Peninsula is to set the North Korean people free from their cruel dictator.