Capturing yesterday's grip- and- grin between North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and would- be American dictator Donald "Rump" Trump in tweets:
It was "forgettable":
ex-US Ambassador to North Korea Chris Hill on summit outcome: “Forgettable. joint statement weaker than any previous one since 1992. There is no way forward, no roadmap, no diplomatic strategy.”— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 12, 2018
The truth passes his lips for the first and last time:
Trump says he trusts Kim Jong Un. And if he's wrong? "I may be wrong, I mean I may stand before you in six months and say, 'Hey I was wrong,'" said Trump, before adding, "I don't know that I'll ever admit that, but I'll find some kind of an excuse." https://t.co/J2k6ehVhW1 pic.twitter.com/onKaUHP2f3— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 12, 2018
*Shooting from the lip (or "Keeping those allies in the loop"):
EXCLUSIVE: President Trump tells @GStephanopoulos "I wanted to stop the war games, I thought they were very provocative, but I also think they're very expensive," when asked if he discussed pulling U.S. troops out of South Korea with Kim Jong Un. https://t.co/ANdmOzpPd9 pic.twitter.com/k015aM4PH9— ABC News (@ABC) June 12, 2018
South Korean Blue House spox: “At this moment, the meaning and intention of President Trump's remarks requires more clear understanding.”— Elise Hu (@elisewho) June 12, 2018
This is already coming back to haunt us:
The man who wouldn't shake the hand of Angela Merkel and called Justin Trudeau "weak" is giving a thumbs up to a brutal dictator who kills dissidents and even his own family while that same dictator laughs at him.#TrumpKimSummit (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) pic.twitter.com/grNovm5LOH— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) June 12, 2018
And, in conclusion:
Hey, look: North Korea is still not offering to disarm. https://t.co/wFoNk8Owka— Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) June 12, 2018
If you‘re Kim Jong Un and your entire experience w America is Donald Trump & Dennis Rodman, would you give up your nukes?— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) June 12, 2018
At least he made North Korea Great Again. #TrumpKimSummit #SingaporeSummit pic.twitter.com/ytWNV3Y3b8— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) June 12, 2018
For gluttons for punishment, CNN has the text of the letter signed by Kim and his mark here.
* Rump also didn't bother to tell the Pentagon about his offer to stop the South Korean- U.S. joint military exercises. He also didn't bother to tell Congressional Republicans or... Vice President Mike "Dense" Pence. Oopsie.
* Rump also didn't bother to tell the Pentagon about his offer to stop the South Korean- U.S. joint military exercises. He also didn't bother to tell Congressional Republicans or... Vice President Mike "Dense" Pence. Oopsie.
4 comments:
So Trump goes to this meeting portrayed by mainstream media as some sort of olive branch-bearing diplomat, the likes we have not seen for decades. He meets with a murderous tyrant who tortures and kills his own people, not to mention his own family. Trump then smiles and thumbs-up his way through a short meeting, declares Kim to be a stand up guy, just misunderstood, who will willingly hand over his nukes and make nice. Oh, and give Trump a sweet deal on a hotel in North Korea, too.
I predict that within two days the talk among Republicans will be Nobel Prize again. Nevermind that we will be duped, the “summit” will be null and void, and further actual negotiations will break down because good faith cannot be applied to either of these dictators.
Pessimistic? Nah, more like realistic. And I'll be happy to eat my words, but I'm not expecting to.
donnah -- we need some Mueller indictments BAD!!
I may have to eat my words also, but with the constant churn of chaos with this shitgibbon, it could be that the ephemera of this half- day "summit" may be overtaken by other, more serious events in the coming days/ weeks.
President Xi gave Kim some damn good advice on how to handle trump. Kim played trump like a fiddle. All Kim had to do was show up.
I wonder what Kelly, Bolton and Pompeo were thinking while trump was giving away the keys to the US before their very eyes.
I hope Mueller hurries. I hope November hurries. I hope every damn republican gets voted out of office. I want to see them completely and utterly crushed.
May they reap what they sow.
Anon - can't improve on what you said. I sometimes think of the Repubs who are fully aware that Rump is a dangerous fool but still go along are like a person who rides a tiger thinking it won't someday consume them. May it consume them before it consumes us.
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