So to take the heat off of the horrible, destructive tariff bill signed by President Trump today (Did we forget about that so quickly?), an announcement was made soon after that the pudgy little madman from North Korea, Kim Jong-un, is willing to sit down with the orange-hued mountebank.
The word is that Kim is willing to suspend his nation’s nuclear ambitions, in order to go through the process.
The immediate response falls to how much faith you have in Trump to not cause an international incident.
Those who see Trump as some kind of messiah are dancing around and praising Trump for bringing world peace.
Those who never ate paint chips or lived under power lines as a kid are considering Trump’s long, detailed history of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time and completely offending somebody, in the process.
He’s a deal maker!
Yeah, but how many of those deals ended in either failed business ventures or somebody getting cheated?
Answer: A LOT.
Along those lines, Washington Post reporter, David Nakamura managed to pick up some details about how it all went down.
WH official said there was no letter from Kim Jong Un to Trump but rather an oral message delivered by South Korea's national security adviser
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 9, 2018
The message from Kim purportedly included a commitment to denuclearization and halt to further tests of nuclear weapons or missiles, official said.
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 9, 2018
I asked why not start with lower-level talks and might Potus get set up by Kim for failure, WH official said Trump was elected to take a different approach and lower-level talks since 1992 "speak for themselves."
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 9, 2018
That would be the prudent path.
WH official: “President Trump has a reputation for making deals. Kim Jong Un is the one person able to make decisions in their uniquely totalitarian system so it made sense to accept the invitation …. instead of repeating the long slog of the past.”
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 9, 2018
Yes, absolutely rely on his past history for making deals.
Is it too late to get Dennis Rodman to step in?
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