Guardian: What have Trump and Kim signed? We read between the lines

[muriel_volestrangler]

But as it stands, the document does not differ greatly from the agreement issued by Kim and the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, after their meeting on the southern side of the demilitarised zone at the end of April.
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Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work towards complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

This is the most critical, and easily the most problematic, of the leaders’ statements. It does not meet Washington’s long-stated goal of complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement (CVID) of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, but simply restates Kim’s position after his summit with Moon.

No serious analysts expected the North Korean leader to commit to CVID in his first meeting with Trump. That process – if it happens at all – could take years and cost billions of dollars.

It also fails to define what is meant by denuclearisation. In Washington, it requires Kim to abandon his nuclear ambitions. But the North Korean interpretation is more complicated. The regime believes it should include the withdrawal of the US nuclear umbrella from South Korea, possibly including the withdrawal of all 28,500 US troops ranged along the South’s border with the North.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2018/jun/12/trump-and-kim-document-analysis-singapore-agreement-denuclearisation

[Lucinda]

1. Thank you!

[kentuck]

2. It would have been nice to involve the South Koreans....

...since it is their lives that are on the line.

There is a lot of anxiety in that part of the world this morning.

[lastlib]

3. It sounds to me like tRumpski sold them out!

Just like he's done with ALL of our allies.

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[pangaia]

4. I agree. He wants hotels, merchandise sales and the Noble Prize.

Kim just jerked his chain

[sunonmars]

8. he said so, "i see NK's beautiful beaches and condos in its future"

[MBS]

7. Yup, you said it.

I can't believe the situation we're in.

[MBS]

6. Exactly.

Anxiety is the word, alright.
I'm worried, and I'm halfway across the world from them. I can only imagine what people in Seoul must be thinking right now.

[mac56]

5. Why any country would want to remain an "ally" of ours is beyond me.

Which is precisely why Putin is dancing the macarena around the Kremlin.

[BlueJac]

9. K&R

[Vinca]

10. It boils down to a very expensive photo op. His cult followers will love it (Don's, not Kim's).

[B Stieg]

11. "Fleeced in Our Time"

Trump now starring as the new Neville Chamberlain