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Trump to Hold Second Summit With Kim Jong Un in February, U.S. Says
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet near the end of February for a second summit, despite evidence North Korea is advancing its nuclear weapons program.
The White House announced the summit and timing after Trump met Friday with Kim Yong Chol, a top aide to the North Korean leader and a former spy chief.
Trump's decision to go ahead with another in-person meeting -- further elevating Kim's global profile -- underscores the president's confidence that his personal involvement and negotiating skills can change the behavior of recalcitrant regimes in ways that traditional leverage and diplomacy, past U.S. leaders and his own emissaries could not.
Previously: President Trump Tweets about Nuclear Talks with North Korea
President Trump Set to Meet Kim Jong-un at 9 PM EDT (01:00 UTC, 9 AM Singapore)
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Sulla on Sunday January 20 2019, @05:22AM (4 children)
A friend who is only your friend because you let him borrow your car, raid your fridge, and use your workshop is not a true friend. At the end of the day even if Trump pisses Europe, Canada, and Mexico off those countries see it as a one-off and the relationship goes back to normal when he is out of office. On the other hand if a little flattery gets Kim away from China, gets the US out of the baby killing business in Syria and Yemen, and ends the Afghanistan fiasco then I don't give a shit about complimenting dictators.
B H Obama sold weapons to Vietnam, a country with endless human rights abuses. He bowed before foreign Monarchs, a much bigger stain on our countries honor than giving a compliment. G H Bush had countless infractions, W J Clinton. Then the whole shit with putting Saddam in power and we can't forget about Iran.
When Trump starts installing new dictators by replacing that countries Republic, then it will be time to care. But so far it looks like he is taking us out of the nation building business. The Kurds are already negotiating with Syria for a Iraqi style deal where they get some autonomy and parliamentary seats, plus oil revenues, in exchange for giving overall authority to Assad.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @01:36AM (3 children)
[citation needed]
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @02:36AM
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/05/24/us/politics/24jacob-cnd/24jacob-cnd-jumbo.jpg [nyt.com]
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Monday January 21 2019, @07:47AM (1 child)
https://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/336226/75 [newsmax.com]
Many such citations. Japanese emperor and the Saudi king for starters. I understand why he did it, a respect thing, but that doesn't make it right. Even if it was an unconscious thing someone needs to be fired for not coaching him.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @08:09PM
I have no dogs in this race but seriously dude I don't think that is a proper news site. The author of the article refers to journalists in a way that suggests he does not consider himself one