Trump on North Korea: "After listening for 10 minutes, I realized it's not so easy"

[MBS]

http://www.vox.com/2017/4/12/15279654/trump-north-korea-xi-10-minutes

Apparently, Trump came into his first meeting with the Chinese leader, in early April, convinced that China could simply eliminate the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear program. Xi then patiently explained Chinese-Korean history to Trump — who then promptly changed his mind.
“After listening for 10 minutes, I realized it’s not so easy,” the president told the Journal. “I felt pretty strongly that they had a tremendous power [over] North Korea. ...

Four quick observations about this:
-Trump thought China could fix North Korea until the Chinese president politely informed him that North Korea is in fact complicated.
-Trump seems to have required the leader of China to explain basic facts to him that he could have Googled, or at least asked one of the many US government North Korea experts about.
-Trump came to a profound realization about one of the most dangerous conflicts on earth after a 10-minute conversation.
-Trump is getting his information about East Asian affairs from the leader of America’s largest rival in the region.

Feeling safer yet , with the fate of the world in the tiny hands of this ignorant, shallow, conscience-free easily manipulated man?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. It's probably a good thing that it was summarized in ten minutes too.

I doubt that Trump's short attention span could've handled another five minutes.

[RKP5637]

2. At least he did not fire the Chinese leader!

[3catwoman3]

3. No shit, Sherlock, as the...

...saying goes.

[tanyev]

4. See also, "Who knew health care was so complicated?"

[MBS]

5. yup, acting out of ignorance seems to be his baseline M.O. n/t

[Nitram]

6. Is that a personal record? Ten full minutes of listening?

[rock]

7. For you Trump, everything's easy

Until you actually have to do or plan it. (Easy if you don't think about it!)

[murielm99]

8. He is supposed to have advisors

and experts on North Korea in place, and he is supposed to listen to them. If he had not gutted the State Department, he would have them. If he had people other than asshats on his transition team, he would know this already.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. One of the many many many many ways he is a supreme danger to everyone. n/t

[MBS]

10. " " " " n/t