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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 03:21 PM Jun 2018

Trump Touts Summit Success After Securing $10 Billion Deal To Sell Nuclear Warheads to North Korea

SINGAPORE—Saying the agreement represents a major high point in American international relations, President Trump concluded his summit with Kim Jong-un Monday by securing a $10 billion trade deal to sell both strategic and tactical nuclear warheads directly to North Korea.

“There was some negotiating involved in getting [Jong-un] to buy as many nukes as we wanted to sell, but by cutting the price, we came out with a deal that’s profitable for America and therefore good for the world,” said Trump of the pact, which requires the United States to provide the East Asian authoritarian state with 50 thermonuclear fusion weapons over the next five years.

“We’re taking this $10 billion and investing it right back into our economy, our arms industry, and especially our great military, because now more than ever we’re going to need them to help train, supply, and reinforce North Korean troops.”

At press time, Trump had threatened to pull out of the deal in a series of invective-laced tweets accusing Kim Jong-un of attempting to acquire $10 billion worth of nuclear weapons.

https://politics.theonion.com/trump-touts-success-of-singapore-summit-after-securing-1826742733

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Trump Touts Summit Success After Securing $10 Billion Deal To Sell Nuclear Warheads to North Korea (Original Post) Zorro Jun 2018 OP
Uhmm...maybe I am stupid. Doreen Jun 2018 #1
It's The Onion Zorro Jun 2018 #2
Well, one of these days the Onion is going to joke about somthing to find out afterwards Doreen Jun 2018 #3
I always check to see if it is The Onion. murielm99 Jun 2018 #4
Yeah, I will check from now on. Doreen Jun 2018 #5

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
1. Uhmm...maybe I am stupid.
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 03:25 PM
Jun 2018

I thought they were supposed to get rid of the nukes. This entire administration is a completely huge clusterfuck.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
3. Well, one of these days the Onion is going to joke about somthing to find out afterwards
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 03:29 PM
Jun 2018

it actually happened. OK, I feel better now....kind of.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
5. Yeah, I will check from now on.
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 03:38 AM
Jun 2018

The Onion and trump are on the close line to fact and fiction and it scares the hell out of me.

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