Trump: 'Don't have to prepare very much' for North Korea summit

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Thursday said he does not have to prepare “very much” for his high-stakes summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because he believes “it’s about attitude.”

“I think I'm very well prepared,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “I don't think I have to prepare very much. It's about attitude. It's about willingness to get things done.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/391193-trump-dont-have-to-prepare-very-much-for-north-korea-summit

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Let's assume (humor me here) that this is true; what idiot would TELL his opponent what his preparation strategy was?

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Umberto Eco's Characteristics of Ur-Fascism...#3

3. Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation. Therefore culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical attitudes. Distrust of the intellectual world has always been a symptom of Ur-Fascism, from Goering’s alleged statement (“When I hear talk of culture I reach for my gun”) to the frequent use of such expressions as “degenerate intellectuals,” “eggheads,” “effete snobs,” “universities are a nest of reds.” The official Fascist intellectuals were mainly engaged in attacking modern culture and the liberal intelligentsia for having betrayed traditional values.

[pangaia]

6. Oh, that is good...

[PatSeg]

2. And when did Donald Trump ever prepare for anything?

That would include being president of the United States. Spontaneity is endearing in a two year old, not the head of state.

[NOMOGOP]

3. Wi. assemblyman campaign.

[link:https://www.facebook.com/Plumerforassembly/|
This clown (republikkkan) is running on "education & healthcare". Guess he wants to make sure none but wealthy have it.
Should any of you good folks have a minute to let him know what you think of Republikkkans running on healthcare & education, here is link for you to do so.
THANKS.
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[Nitram]

4. Pop a few breath-freshening mints and Trump is ready to negotiate away the security of Japan,

South Korea, and the U.S.

[Dave Starsky]

16. Strategy: Pop a Tic Tac and grab Kim by the crotch.

They let you do it if you're rich.

[Freethinker65]

5. Trump never prepares for anything.He will brag, pout, flatter,threaten, and make shit up as always.

Then he will declare he had the best meeting in history. WH staff will try to clean up the mess and "clarify" what was achieved and Trump will backtrack on the overly embarrassing stupid stuff.


Remember the debates. Trump was applauded for knowing nothing and coming ill prepared while Hillary was chastised for being too knowledgeable and over prepared.

[underpants]

7. Oh no, why do I feel a "F You!" moment coming?

I was thinking about the story below just the other day.


For years, a story circulated in Washington about Donald Trump’s attempt to nab a job leading nuclear negotiations with the Soviet Union in the nineteen-eighties. His book “The Art of the Deal” had been on the Times best-seller list for forty-eight weeks. Trump apparently thought that he could do a deal one-upping anybody—and wanted to prove it. He lobbied quite hard, I was told, with the George H. W. Bush Administration. The White House instead appointed Richard Burt, the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany during the run-up to the fall of the Berlin Wall and a longtime expert on nuclear-arms talks.

Shortly thereafter, by coincidence, Trump and Burt attended the same society wedding in New York. At the reception, Trump walked up to Burt—whom he didn’t know—and said, “So you’re the guy?”

Burt, who confirmed the story to me, acknowledged his new position. Trump then said, “Let me tell you what I would have done if I’d been appointed.” He explained that he would have welcomed—very warmly—the Soviet delegation. He would have made sure the country’s envoys were comfortable—very comfortable—at the table.

Then, Trump told Burt, he would have stood up, shouted “Fuck you!,” and left the room. (The White House did not respond to a request for comment.)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/for-trump-diplomacy-is-quite-literally-a-four-letter-word/amp

[unblock]

8. "Wrong move could start ww3, but I'll just wing it"

[louis-t]

9. No matter how much he prepares

he will still be an asshole.

[NastyRiffraff]

10. Not The Onion? Or Borowitz?

Ye gods, it's getting almost impossible to tell. I'm sure Mattis & State Dept. professionals are delighted at Trump's lack of preparation. ("He's so confident! So Alpha Male! And that's enough!" )

[murielm99]

14. Sometimes I read a story

and pray that it is The Onion or Borowitz. Mostly, it is not.

[RockRaven]

11. He's demonstrating exactly why Bolton made the "Libya model" comment to submarine the talks.

Everyone but Trump knows he can't hack it.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

12. Come on, it'll be fine...

No worries, he’s going to have Dennis Rodman with him. Maybe they’ll all go and get tattoos together, maybe of this

[lagomorph777]

18. Sure; nuclear wars are easy to win.

[Beartracks]

13. Hot wind and low expectations.

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It doesn't matter if Trump just goes and stares at his shoes. He'll SAY he accomplished great and wonderful deals (that will never materialize).

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[KY_EnviroGuy]

15. Trump is packing a big box of chocolates.

The biggest box ever, packed with his golf clubs. Chocolates from China (recycled chocolate) with tRump branding...

Arrogance and ignorance - perhaps like the world has never seen before on the international stage.

[C_U_L8R]

17. What a knucklehead.

Lets hope we can un-do his damage

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Trump is all about attitude: bullying & the attitude that there is never win-win, only win-lose. .nt