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Victor Cha
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Victor Cha
@VictorDCha
Georgetown / CSIS / former USG official/ author / NY Giants / Views my own
Washington, DC
Joined November 2009
- My parents came here after the war. I was born in New York. I’ve served a US president and represented US national security interests in hard-fought negotiations with adversaries. But I am still a victim of racial epithets and told “to go back to your country.” #StopAsianHate
- I worked with the late PM Abe when I was in govt. He was knowledgeable on every policy issue, firmly pro-alliance, tough on NK, and had a vision for Japan as a proactive supporter and leader of the liberal international order. Very sad day for the world.
- Speechless...compare this with the multilateral response to Ebola, AIDS, financial crisis, SARS...there is no multilateralism. There is not even a national strategy. It’s all states on their own.G-7 foreign ministers failed to agree on a joint statement because the U.S. — represented by Mike Pompeo — insisted on calling the coronavirus the “Wuhan virus.” @John_Hudson and @smekhennet confirm @derspiegel scoop washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
- John McCain and John Lewis will have the last word on the 2020 election. How fitting.
- Just wear it! Doesn’t mean u r a D or R. Doesn’t mean Big Brother. Doesn’t mean u like Donny or Joe. It means you care about your loved ones and your fellow citizens. Nothing more. #getoverit
- Nk 4th missile test in 13 days. Three summits and no denuke progress...I’d hate to see what a failing policy would look like to @realDonaldTrump
- Nk agreed to freeze, us-sk xercises, meet with DJT. The question becomes what r we putting on table: sanctions? Normalization? Peace treaty?
- SKs are moving too fast. Trying to box US in. China easing up in sanctions to weaken max pressure alternative. Peace agreement will cause SK and China to rush to fund Nk infrastructure projects. All without real denuke. What could possibly go wrong?President Moon wants to offer a formal end to the Korean War to DPRK to incentive them to denuclearize. Some in Trump admin strongly oppose such an early "concession," but acknowledge POTUS may accept it washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pac…
- This is effectively his concession speech. He knows he’s lost.
- FDA just approved a new test that detects COVID-19 in 45 minutes. Great. But why didn’t the US just buy test kits from Korea two months ago?SK has tested almost 300k. The US? Upwards of 60K only.
- My piece for @NBCNews @realDonaldTrump endgame is to denuke NK not by lifting sanctions/promising peace treaty bc its all been done before. He wants to gain Kim’s trust to do a deal. But do insecure dictators trust anyone let alone a cheater like DJT?
- Can't yet confirm any of the speculation about KJU. We do know this: 1) the NK leader has vascular problems; 2) he missed 4/15. All other absences are explainable. Unless we get second and third sources on the story, we're still in the dark, and could be for a while....
- A sign that sanctions are working -North Korea scales back military exercises, possibly due to fuel shortages wsj.com/articles/north…
