Egypt seen as bargaining chip in US attempts to pressure North Korea

The US government’s decision to cancel aid to Egypt “prompted suggestions that the Middle Eastern country may have become little more than a bargaining chip in a wider strategy to apply to North Korea,” CNBC says. While some have cast off the theory for sounding too rich in foresight for the Donald Trump administration, others believe that “this suspension goes against what we have been seeing from the US in recent months,” which could mean it spawned from the rising tension between Trump and the Kim Jong-un regime.