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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorth Korea shatters Trump's boastful assurances of an easy path to denuclearization
WASHINGTON On Saturday, after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finished talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un's foreign ministry accused the Trump administration of a unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization." It was an immediate and sharp contradiction to President Donald Trumps rosy descriptions of his North Korea diplomacy.
The harsh statement also illustrates the risks of putting so much stock in a ceremonial summit, now that last month's meet-and-greet between Trump and Kim in Singapore is colliding with the hard-nosed reality of enormously complex nuclear negotiations.
This dissonance between fact and fancy was made clear earlier this week. After NBC News first reported that Pyongyang was in fact expanding elements of its weapons program, the president tweeted, Many good conversations with North Korea It is going well! He added: If not for me, we would now be at War with North Korea!
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-shatters-trump-s-boastful-assurances-easy-path-denuclearization-n889596
The harsh statement also illustrates the risks of putting so much stock in a ceremonial summit, now that last month's meet-and-greet between Trump and Kim in Singapore is colliding with the hard-nosed reality of enormously complex nuclear negotiations.
This dissonance between fact and fancy was made clear earlier this week. After NBC News first reported that Pyongyang was in fact expanding elements of its weapons program, the president tweeted, Many good conversations with North Korea It is going well! He added: If not for me, we would now be at War with North Korea!
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-shatters-trump-s-boastful-assurances-easy-path-denuclearization-n889596
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North Korea shatters Trump's boastful assurances of an easy path to denuclearization (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Jul 2018
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.99center
(1,237 posts)1. Trump reassured us that Kim could be trusted!
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)2. Everyone with any knowledge of NK predicted this. nt
dhill926
(16,337 posts)3. almost any sentient being....
freepotter
(348 posts)4. Who knew...
Golly, gee, who knew diplomacy and disarmament negotiations could be so hard, huh Donnie??? What a bunch of arrogant dumb asses!
JHB
(37,158 posts)5. Everyone with knowledge of Trump predicted this.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)6. *sniff* "...and I gave him my fav'rit Elton John CD and EVERYTHING!" *sob*
"Think he'll give back the "Best Friends Forever" locket with my picture in it?"
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)8. K&R
Gothmog
(145,152 posts)9. Kim Jong Un wouldn't meet with Mike Pompeo.