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DonViejo

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Tue Jun 12, 2018, 09:17 AM Jun 2018

Go deeper: The 4 pillars of Trump and Kim's "historic" document

Erica Pandey 13 mins ago

The big takeaway from the Singapore summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was a four-point document, signed by both leaders, committing their governments to the pursuit of peace.

The big picture: The deal's language around the process of denuclearization is vague, as North Korea wanted it to be. But experts say the short-term risk of military conflict between the two countries has dropped from "fire and fury" levels to nearly zero — a win for both sides, and the rest of the world.

1. New US-North Korea relations

The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.

What it means: It's the broad declaration of peace experts were expecting would come out of the summit.


2. Lasting and stable peace

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https://www.axios.com/four-points-agreement-trump-kim-jong-un-north-korea-e20d0efc-fb5a-465d-9130-5a9560fdeb82.html?utm_source=sidebar

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Go deeper: The 4 pillars of Trump and Kim's "historic" document (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
No prep, lots of bullshit, bigly expensive photo op, and a recycled agreement... Thomas Hurt Jun 2018 #1

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. No prep, lots of bullshit, bigly expensive photo op, and a recycled agreement...
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 09:21 AM
Jun 2018

Trump gave up military maneuvers for a bump in the midterms back home.

Pretty safe bet. We will see which one reneges first, Chubby Un or the amoral pig.

It will all fall apart around December...

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