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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: 2) by driverless on Sunday January 20 2019, @07:58AM (1 child)
It wasn't just complimenting him, he totally gave in to him. The US cancelled military exercises with South Korea, which had long been a thorn in the North's side, in exchange for the DPRK making noises about disarmament while actually accelerating their armaments program. It was a win-win for North Korea. If Trump has another catastrophic-fail exchange like this, who knows what North Korea will get this time? So the best move would be for Trump to not try any more anything with DPRK, because who knows what he'll give them this time round.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday January 20 2019, @06:15PM
So you vote for war then? I would appreciate it if youd be willing to kick it off so the 10 million dead in Seoul so so its on your soul and not mine.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam