claim: china has "total control, just about, of north korea."
author: donald trump
evidence_1: jan 6, 2016 ... the gop contender said china should rein in its ally after pyongyang conducted  a nuclear test.
evidence_2: jul 5, 2017 ... trump's only plan was to make china solve the problem. ... “well, i think china  has total control over the situation,” trump responded. north ... despite that, his  campaign's national defense platform included only one mention of north korea,  arguing that the united states should bolster its missile defenses.
evidence_3: jan 6, 2016 ... "china has total control, believe me, they say they don't, they have total control  over north korea, and china should solve that problem, and if they don't solve  the problem, we should make trade very difficult with china," trump told fox  news' "fox and friends," adding south korea also must play a role.
evidence_4: feb 18, 2017 ... coal is north korea's largest export, and china just announced that it won't buy  any for the rest of 2017. ... china has “total control over north korea,” trump said  in an interview on “fox & friends” in early january. “and china should solve that  problem. and if they don't solve the problem, we should make ...
evidence_5: jan 7, 2016 ... they have total control, because without china they wouldn't be able to eat. so  china has to get involved. and china should solve that problem. and we should  put pressure on china to solve the problem. wolf blitzer, cnn: because as  you know there are almost a million north korean troops north of ...