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Originally Posted by Mister 7
Can't agree here. He walked away bc KJU still won't do anything to change. They're still the losers.
It is an accomplishment that Trump is the first sitting president to get him out of his hole and I personally think the Twitter threats ("my red button is way bigger than yours") were a big part of what made that happen.
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Bluster is one thing. Results another.
What did Kim get out of the meeting?
Legitimized as a world player with nuclear weapons?
South Korea and America scaling back military exercises.
Trump "fell in love" Kim smiled at a dotard.
Kim signed a document agreeing not to launch missiles. How long did that last? Not very long.
Trump talked about withdrawing from the South Korean peninsula. I'm sure Kim loved hearing that. I'm sure he loved Trump's describing Kim as 'funny" "very talented" Someone "who loves his people." That made the world want to vomit. It made Trump look like a weak butt kisser.
Kim gets a photo op with the most powerful man in the world. Trump gets what. Some old remains to bring home. A weak cease fire deal that we all knew wouldn't last.
Best of all for Kim, Russia and China are less likely to keep sanctions imposed on North Korea. The money will start flowing in both directions. Trump's trade sanctions urges China to view Trump as untrustworthy, and moves them closer to North Korea on trade.
Trump exaggerates his success and claims he should win a Nobel Prize. The world laughs. Kim goes home a hero with some major street cred and endless propaganda. Lending legitimacy to a dictator who kills his own people for political gain might make Trump jealous, but it minimizes our standing in the world. That is not putting America first.
Geopolitics is more than tweeting whose button is bigger. KJU came out way ahead of the game. Oh well. Trump can add those skeletons to his already full closet. Stuff them in Trump.