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North Korea warns it may cancel summit with Trump if it has to give up nukes
A senior North Korean official warned Wednesday that Pyongyang may cancel its summit meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Trump scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, if it is going to be pushed into giving up its nuclear arsenal.
If the Trump administration pressures Pyongyang to unilaterally abandon its nuclear weapons, North Korea would have to reconsider the summit, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.
[...] The news came hours after the North canceled a high-level meeting with South Korean officials that was scheduled for Wednesday, citing a joint military exercise as the reason. In its earlier statement, KCNA claimed that the U.S. and South Korea's joint air drill, which began on Friday, was "a bid to make a preemptive airstrike at the DPRK and win the air."
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday May 17 2018, @06:16PM (4 children)
What did they fucking think we were going to ask them to do?
They knew. They just wanted to get Trump to promise everyone the moon first so he feels obligated to sign a terrible deal.
See, this is how people who are actually good at negotiating work.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by tangomargarine on Thursday May 17 2018, @07:39PM (2 children)
It's not a good day when you realize the Kim Jongs are actually smarter than the POTUS
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday May 17 2018, @07:48PM (1 child)
I've taken espresso-and-taco-bell shits that were smarter than Trump. And less swampy.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 17 2018, @10:25PM
There is something about hearing that shitbag talk with that O mouth and beady eyes. It is unbearable knowing he represents the US. And the smug smile that shows off his neckmeats, disgusting!
(Score: 0, Troll) by Sulla on Thursday May 17 2018, @07:40PM
I appreciate how dedicated you are to war with North Korea just so you can say you were right. But I guess thats fine, maybe if I appreciated winning as much as you do I would be okay with 20+ million dead Koreans. Sadly life and peace mean more to me than winning which is why I voted for the peace candidate.
At the very least the democrats are now just pushing for a war with North Korea instead of Russia, I guess that progress from the "progressive" party.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam