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Trump dented Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Should Kim Jong Un be worried?
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US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, on June 30, 2019.
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If North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was watching TV on June 22, details of the US strike on Iran might have sent a chill down his spine. And, for a moment, he might have wondered: Am I next?
Operation Midnight Hammer aimed to “to severely degrade Iran’s nuclear weapons infrastructure”, according to General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Pentagon briefing on June 22 following the strikes, and show off America’s unparalleled military prowess.
