Trump's agreement with North Korea is big on promise but short on detail
This agreement looks a lot like the one Pyongyang signed with South Korea months ago.
D. PARVAZ JUN 12, 2018, 7:55 AM
After months of acrimony and a few weeks of weird uncertainty, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a denuclearization agreement on Tuesday that essentially did nothing more but affirm the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration signed by North and South Korea in April.
As with the Panmunjom Declaration, there’s nothing in the agreement — a joint letter, really — that actually defines any of the goals or how they will be achieved, just a commitment, on both sides, to “to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”
There was no mention of sanctions, long-range missiles, a peace treaty, or a time frame in what the president called a “pretty comprehensive” agreement that is less than one and a half pages long.
However, in a press conference on Tuesday, President Trump mentioned that North Korea had agreed to total denuclearization and that the sanctions would remain in place.
Trump said he couldn’t be sure that Kim would follow through, and that he might be wrong to trust him.
“I don’t know that I’ll ever admit that, but I’ll find some kind of an excuse,” he said.
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Apparently, Seoul was caught off guard by the promise to cease the joint military drills, which Trump called “provocative” and “a waste of money.” Shortly after the press conference, South Korea’s Blue House issued a statement saying, “At this moment, the meaning and intention of President Trump’s remarks requires more clear understanding.”
I guess when the Traitor of another allies says that he will cease joint protective exercises and that standing agreement with out telling the other country ...................wasn't a "clear understanding" is a way to save ones face for letting this traitor to just sell out your country................history repeating itself............think World War II, what could possibly go wrong....................
