STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Gabbard said Trump should negotiate personally with Kim
- The process that led to the false alarm must be “fixed immediately” and those responsible must be “held accountable,” Gabbard said
Washington (CNN)-The false ballistic missile warning in Hawaii was “unacceptable” and points to a need for President Donald Trump to negotiate with North Korea directly, Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Sunday.
Peace talks with North Korea
“I’ve been calling on President Trump to directly negotiate with North Korea, to sit across the table from Kim Jong Un,” Gabbard said, adding that the talks should “happen without preconditions.”
She said forcing the precondition that North Korea relinquish its nuclear program would be unlikely and self-defeating, adding that the US must recognize Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons development is informed by decades of US attempts to overthrow foreign governments.
“They see it as the only deterrent against the US coming in an overthrowing their regime there,” Gabbard said.
Trump has dismissed attempts by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to deescalate the situation through direct talks, and last month the White House reined in Tillerson’s offer to start talks without preconditions. Trump has insulted Kim as “Rocket Man” on Twitter and in a speech before the United Nations, and he has threatened North Korea with “fire and fury.”
Kim has insulted Trump and threatened to attack the United States as his country continues to develop and test nuclear weapons and missile systems.
‘Terror all across the state of Hawaii’
Gabbard said she was “angry” the false alarm went out and said she was hearing stories from all over Hawaii about the traumatic moments in the wake of the alert.
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There was no false alarm. It was a test to check the reaction of panicking citizens. The Empire is willing to sacrifice a few million Hawaiians and prepped them with their ‘chicken little’ move. The Japanese pulled off the same ‘false’ move to test an element of their warning system. When the Winter Olympics have passed, be ready, the alarm then the last flash you will ever see is not a test. Mad men are in control!