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Trump sees the meeting as an extension of the "war of insults" he and Kim engaged in last year
Trump doesn’t have a plan for meeting Kim Jong-un: ‘Just get me in the room with the guy and I’ll figure it out’
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/trump-doesnt-plan-meeting-kim-jong-un-just-get-room-guy-ill-figure/
“He thinks, ‘Just get me in the room with the guy and I’ll figure it out,’” said one source who has discussed North Korea with Trump.
“There are important strategic considerations,” said one source familiar with Trump’s thinking on North Korea. “But he also very much conceives it as a test of wills and of a contest of one man and another. How they’re going to react, how they’re going to shadow box with each other, and ultimately how they’re going to choose to act.”
That source told Axios that Trump “definitely thinks it’s a duel of personalities.”
The president sees the meeting as an extension of the “war of insults” he and Kim engaged in last year, according to the source who’s familiar with Trump’s thinking.
“Trump’s tweets and ‘little Rocket Man’ were pretty carefully calibrated — in his mind, was more intentional, not just popping off,” the source said. “He never clearly articulated what he was trying to do. But it seemed he wanted to demonstrate he and the U.S. were unafraid, prepared to take whatever steps necessary and were willing to be direct. He wanted to show dominance over Kim.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/trump-doesnt-plan-meeting-kim-jong-un-just-get-room-guy-ill-figure/
“He thinks, ‘Just get me in the room with the guy and I’ll figure it out,’” said one source who has discussed North Korea with Trump.
“There are important strategic considerations,” said one source familiar with Trump’s thinking on North Korea. “But he also very much conceives it as a test of wills and of a contest of one man and another. How they’re going to react, how they’re going to shadow box with each other, and ultimately how they’re going to choose to act.”
That source told Axios that Trump “definitely thinks it’s a duel of personalities.”
The president sees the meeting as an extension of the “war of insults” he and Kim engaged in last year, according to the source who’s familiar with Trump’s thinking.
“Trump’s tweets and ‘little Rocket Man’ were pretty carefully calibrated — in his mind, was more intentional, not just popping off,” the source said. “He never clearly articulated what he was trying to do. But it seemed he wanted to demonstrate he and the U.S. were unafraid, prepared to take whatever steps necessary and were willing to be direct. He wanted to show dominance over Kim.”
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What an arsewipe....winging it