Trump: China appreciates me meeting Kim over 'ominous alternative'
Source: The Hill
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 03/10/18 10:52 AM EST
President Trump said on Saturday that his Chinese counterpart "appreciates" his decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un instead of pursuing an "ominous alternative," an apparent reference to a military confrontation.
"Chinese President XI XINPING and I spoke at length about the meeting with KIM JONG UN of North Korea. President XI told me he appreciates that the U.S. is working to solve the problem diplomatically rather than going with the ominous alternative. China continues to be helpful!" Trump tweeted.
Trump agreed this week to meet with Kim for talks by the end of May, which would make Trump the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a leader of North Korea.
The announcement of the talks was the latest in a series of diplomatic maneuvers signalling a de-escalation of tensions between the U.S. and North Korea after a year in which the countries exchanged an aggressive series of threats.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377735-trump-china-appreciates-me-meeting-kim-over-ominous-alternative
bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)Stuart G
(38,445 posts)and...He is an awful person. Far beyond "awful."
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Stuart G
(38,445 posts)idea of .."no class or sense of decorum." You think he could have learned that in his "exclusive growing up days." But what he learned was to be "mean and ugly." He defines those words.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Maybe Kim, Xi, Putin and the jackass occupying the White House can have a photo op together - in front of a parade of missiles and tanks targeted at US.
He can go down in history as the traitorous "Pyongyang Don." What a fool.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)is a personality disorder in which there is a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration , and a personal disdain for, and lack of empathy for other people.