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By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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yamada1043
It is beyond comprehension the statement made by the current occupant of the White House.
Just another example of why he is not fit to be President of the United States of America (POTUS).
Laguna
That was an incompetent version of the tweet. The last paragraph reads (emphasis mine):
Two takes:
He's really angling to get the Noble,;
He is unable to discuss any topic without making himself the centre.PTownsend
Given Trump cares first and foremost for his and his syndicate's wealth, when he referred to 'potential' he must have meant potential for Ivanka Inc. and the Trump brand to further expand.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-said-he-wishes-his-people-would-respond-to-him-like-north-koreas-kim-2018-06-15
The above words must thrill the alt right (US and 'foreign') who want to see the US fully under right wing authoritarianism.
Bintaro
Remember when President Obama said he would be ready to talk with the North Koreans ?
Republicans and their fans were beyond outraged.
But Trump writing that is no problem. No double standard here...
Strangerland
It's amazing that Trump is better at creating motivation in North Korea, than he is at motivating half of his own country/people.
dbsaiya
And while trump praises Kim, his closest allies in E.Asia are in a dispute that has no end in sight. Great diplomacy.
NZ2011
He is destabilizing the region and I desperately hope the status quo and be restored to some degree because he might end up being siginificantly responsible for the rise of China in the region and the fall of freedom and democracy for many..
Silvafan
LOL!
For the first time in over a 100 years, a US president hasn't been called or considered "The Leader of the Free World".
Another great accomplish for the the current idiot in the WH, but hey, Berlusconi is proud of him!
Strangerland
Fox News phrased it as Obama being a traitor to dictators.
Contrast with Fox and the Moron Crew's stance on Trump's love letters with North Korea.
Let's not even try to pretend they care about what is right and wrong. They care about hating everyone that is not them, and supporting anything that is them. Then they whine about people criticizing his Orangeness.
WilliB
The friggin missile tests did not "rattle the region", and Trump has achieved more in regards to finding a way out of the NK dilemma than all the neocon/neolib presidents before him.
But of course, in the world of the CNN bubble, it is all orange man bad. Every, non-stop. I am watching CNN as entertainment, but seeing that some commentators here gobble up this propaganda is sort of mind-boggling...
Silvafan
@WilliB
What has changed since Dump? North Korea is still nuclear and firing projectiles randomly in the region!
What are you referring to? The photo opportunities for two fat leaders who have been proven liars. Didn't Clinton actually rescue NK detainees?
What has Dump done?
PTownsend
Photo-ops? Or are you referring to how Trump's helping Xi and Putin achieve their quest to have greater control over the Korean Peninsula.
Thanks for keeping those of us who don't watch CNN up to speed. I'm going to assume your doing that, watching CNN, must be part of your job assignment. Given your knowledge of CNN, do you think it provides a perspective opposite from RT, the Putin outlet Internet Research Agencies employees and others in the global alt right have. If so, what would a 'fair and balanced' outlet be.
JJ Jetplane
Trump is amazing. He loves causing issues. The entire world disagrees with North Korea and their missle developments. Even their biggest ally in China doesn't agree with it. Leave it to Trump to completely go against the grain. I am starting to think he only wants to drag people apart.
@WilliB
The missle test did cause issues with the region. Even China publicly condemned the missle launch and asked the US and everyone come back to the table to discuss the issue. When China, Japan, and South Korea people tend to see that as a very big part of the region.
Please tell me what he has actually done other than piggyback off of the South Korea's President's achievement? Something factual. The only time he actually did something was sit down to discuss it and that sit down didn't go well because the remainder of the summit was quickly canceled and they went their separate ways.
SuperLib
Zero progress.
Kestrel
@WilliB,
Exactly right.
bass4funk
Bingo! Spot on...
Chip Star
What has Donny done to reel in Kim?
Crickets . . .
When a statement lacks any relation to reality, it most definitely is not spot on or a bingo.
Chip Star
So what have the radical Republicans and their alt right minions have done positively for the people of North Korea?
Hung Nguyen
Trump has attacked almost anyone except Putin, Stormy Daniels, and Kim Jong Un.
Serrano
Is ( it ) the Art of the deal or 8d chess...
It's 4D chess. You should know this by now.
Chip Star
Yeah, cause 4-D chess exists. Further evidence of how untethered from reality Trumpologists are.
bass4funk
And Democrats idea would be to....
No, it’s reality, but liberals as usual want to make their lack of ideas and nitpicking and sniping at this President with zero solutions a good thing.
Well, you might not see it like that, but we do.
In order to do that would be appeasing Kim, that is exactly what he wants, the people woo never get it, never. Of course the military get first priority and there is no way we would give Kim that request of justification. If he denuclearizes then it would seem more realistic to do something humanitarian for the country, but until Kim makes the serious move to denuke then nothing we can do or should do.
Jimizo
As Trump and his supporters point out, CNN’s ratings are terrible and few people watch it. The only people here who talk about it are Trump supporters and then often go on to post links to its equivalent on the right - Fox News.
I think you are projecting your own habit of swallowing nonsense from the fake news MSM.
Now, can you tell us what Trump has achieved on NK apart from photo ops?
Strangerland
One of them just recently said he proved that I was watching CNN because I used wording similar to one of their personalities that I've never heard of - primarily because I don't watch CNN. But that poster watches it enough to recognize specific CNN personalitys' mannerisms.
Ironic.
lincolnman
Mr President, we have evidence Putin is going to expand his sweeping and systemic attack on our election in 2020...
Trump: "My bro Vlad, what a great guy"....
Mr President, Al Assad of Syria just gassed more of his own people to include children...
Trump: "Bashar, he's such a cut-up"....
Mr President, the Mullahs in Iran are going to bomb various cities in Europe....
Trump: "My pals the Mullahs - they like Stormy Daniels too you know"....
Mr President, President Macron from France in on the line....
Trump: "He's a loud mouth - tell him I'm out".....
plasticmonkey
What a schmuck. Trump believes leaders of other countries are as simple minded as himself.
stormcrow
It wasn't a projectile. It was a bottle-rocket.
Tom Webb
The master at work ! Trump wants NK to be strong so that he can bend Japan to tilt more towards the US defense thinking. This will push Japan take a more active defense role that the US has always hoped for.
rlperez@hotmail.com.au
Keep at it Kim, one of the few people to stand up to the US. NK should consider denuclearization when the US denuclearizes. No nation needs US approval to have effective self defence system against US aggression. Didn't the US just pull out of its nuclear agreement with Russia? And did the US seek global approval to withdraw from the agreement?
wtfjapan
so one missile test hes cally Kim little rocket man and threatened to annihilate NK, next test he is praising the guy even if it may be against UN resolution. this guy got more backflips than a gymnast, or maybe its that famous 4D chess we all hear so much about. the best part is all the Trumpsters pathetic excuses they continue to make up for this stable genius erratic behaviour
wtfjapan
The master at work ! Trump wants NK to be strong so that he can bend Japan to tilt more towards the US defense thinking. This will push Japan take a more active defense role that the US has always hoped for.
if your being sarcastic then thats a good one. if your being serious, LOL sorry but Trump just isnt smart enough to envision this type of reverse psychology, and does he really think anybody would fall for it.
Derek Grebe
This bloated, pampered wannabe autocrat is a stain on American history. It's outstanding how insecure he is that he has to talk about himself in the third person, using his official title. Look at how he loves sitting behind the Resolute desk: it makes him feel like a big boy.
"There may be a United Nations violation, but Chairman Kim does not want to disappoint me with a violation of trust,"
Pathetic. "Look at me, look at me, I'm the boss!"
How anyone who loves America can even consider this man-child fit for office baffles me.
bass4funk
What a bunch of Bull! If that were the case, you can make a treasonous claim about Hillary, Holder, Rice for really serious crimes. Praising someone doesn’t make you treasonous, if so, the entire Democrat party loyal to the socialists should be a treasonous act. You guys are just amazing....
No and that doesn’t mean the POTUS cannot try and start a dialogue with an adversary or if you can show me where it States he can’t. Take you time.
...or any politician for that matter.
Jimizo
LMAO
FizzBit
The sound of the knee-jerks on here are deafening.
The power of the MSM compels you!
bass4funk
Kim is not taking refuge in the US or it’s territories.
Chip Star
Donny's approach, minus the capitulation and appeasement.
Jimizo
Controlled explosions?
Chip Star
Too right. All those facts requiring sound logical thinking to process correctly. Gives me a headache every time.
Chip Star
jimizo: too freaking funny!
bass4funk
Neither is Trump or if you want to play that lame card, then we need to round up Obama, Clinton, Holder and Rice, either we apply the same standards of treason to all o4 none.
Why not? Or you want to see him saber rattle? No, because then he would be a warmonger. So deal with this, y’all will be ok.
Great!
Impossible, they’ve done that since 1979, as well as for the last 8 years...lol....no, but seriously what would they do?
Chip Star
What Donny is doing minus the photo ops, suspending Foal Eagle and Key Resolve, etc.
Wasn't my post clear?
Chip Star
And provide sanctions relief by cancelling the sanctions Treasury was implementing.
Serrano
Zero progress.
Too bad Obama couldn't make any progress during his eight years. Trump's already stepped into NK to make history and he still has five and a half years left. Still no NK missiles flying over Japan either. That's not zero progress.
Chip Star
Drop progress under Obama does not excuse zero progress under Donny.
What date did you unilaterally decide to start counting from?