The North Korean regime of murderous tyrant Kim Jong-Un blew up the Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office in Kaesong, North Korea earlier today. Smoke was easily visible on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone. The Office, which has been empty since the outbreak of COVID-19 in January, was used for communication between the North Korean regime and South Korea to lessen tensions.
North Korea remains under U.S. and U.N. sanctions for its nuclear weapons development program, sanctions which have crippled North Korea's corrupt command economy. Negotiation with the U.S. have not brought about any changes in North Korea's continued development of nuclear and ballistic missile technology, despite "summit" photo ops between Kim and malignant narcissist and dangerous buffoon Donald "Bunker Boy" Trump. Eschewing the advice of diplomatic experts, Trump started with summits with Kim, instead of the detailed work of negotiation and trust building, turning the summits into shallow, grip-and-grin photo opportunities which produced no positive results. Indeed, they bought Kim additional time to work on his military program and raised his international prestige, as he sent the narcissistic Trump "love letters" who took Kim's bait.
Not surprisingly, enter the Russian Federation to cynically call for "restraint" as the situation deteriorates. Trump's bungled, transactional approach to North Korea will ensure both Russia's and China's influence in the entire East Asia region will grow.
(photo: South Korea Ministry of National Defense)
3 comments:
I'm heartbroken. The Don and The Kim were my favorite "90 Day Fiance" couple. They traded love letters. I was sure they could work it out. Maybe that Muslim/North Korean travel ban hurt Kim's chances of getting a visa here.
Mart -- Heh heh, nice take on the love affair of the megalomaniacs.
Presidents are supposed to be able to manage more than one situation at a time. It's part of their job description. They are supposed to manage domestic affairs as well as international ones, be on task at all times, and focus on the well-being and management of all of the agencies and departments and people who run them. The president is supposed to care about us and keep us safe.
Trump has never done it. He started campaigning for re-election within a week of winning in 2016. His connections to allies soured while his connections to our enemies grew. He buddied up to Communists and has sold us out to them. We are in dangerous waters now, more than ever, and we are weak and unprepared to defend ourselves from those who will destroy us.
So Russia, North Korea, and anyone else who has paid him or blackmailed him can call the shots. It's infuriating and terrifying. Trump and his cronies did this.
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