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The US government\u2019s decision to cancel aid to Egypt \u201cprompted suggestions that the Middle Eastern country may have become little more than a bargaining chip<\/strong> in a wider strategy to apply to North Korea,\u201d CNBC says<\/a>. While some have cast off the theory for sounding too rich in foresight for the Donald Trump administration, others believe that \u201cthis suspension goes against what we have been seeing from the US in recent months,\u201d which could mean it spawned from the rising tension between Trump and the Kim Jong-un regime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US government\u2019s decision to cancel aid to Egypt \u201cprompted suggestions that the Middle Eastern country may have become little more than a bargaining chip in a wider strategy to apply to North Korea,\u201d CNBC says. 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