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© Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.North Korea: No more talks until U.S. ends 'hostile policy'
By HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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lincolnman
Well, what happened to the "love fest" - you know, exchanging of love letters, etc.
What a fiasco - Kim builds more nukes, enhances his missiles to include gaining an SLBM, shows his public he's a strong leader standing up to a US President, who has come to visit him on his turf, and Russia and China help him evade sanctions.
Donnie capitulates and cancels exercises, praises the killer of Otto Warmbier and millions of his own people, and looks like a weak old man.
Maybe "dotard" was more accurate than we realized....
Blacklabel
But North Korea says the US poi it is “hostile”. So it’s likely your analysis is just a politically based partisan attack. Oh now Trump is “old”? That’s rich from the Dem party of old white people.
SimondB
Sorry Kim, it wasn't that Trump wasn't genuine, it's just that after the photo shoot he had know idea what to do next. Or cared really. The main thing was the photo shoot because no other US president had ever done it before. He has no idea how to negotiate an agreement with NK which is why nothing has happened or will happen in the future. Eventually he will turn on you as he eventually does on all his "friends" (except Putin). Trump appears to not care for Americans so don't get your hopes up that he is going to help NK anytime soon.
lincolnman
What's a "US poi"? And I think you need to do a little more study of the demographics of Trump's base...
https://www.axios.com/republican-party-demographics-threat-trump-racism-1524a8a1-c2f1-4183-896f-107420e2d50a.html
Serrano
Kim Myong Gil said whether North Korea will lift its self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests...
They aren't stupid enough to do that.
SuperLib
Trump is useless on North Korea.
ulysses
I am sure that's mentioned somewhere in 7the art of the deal'!!!
Hiding failure by proclaiming success.
Not surprising for donny, he's made a career out of failing businesses , while touting himself to be the greatest businessman ever.
But what's wrong with his minions???
The Racist Card will not help them find employment once donny is out.
Peter14
North Korea will not discard its nukes until after a peace treaty is signed. As long as the two sides are still technically at war it is correct for them to have that stance.
Unless America sign's a peace treaty this will stall out and maybe slip back to how it was a couple of years ago. A treaty should be signed, some nukes handed over, some big sanctions removed, the rest of the nukes handed over and then all sanctions removed and relations normalized.
The US still wrongly believes it can dictate terms for most negotiations it has with many different nations on many different issues. It can not set up preconditions unless it wishes to continually fail at talks.
North Korea may be shifty but America is unrealistic, that makes for difficult negotiations and choices.
Hard times still ahead.
bass4funk
No failure, no win, but containment is assured. As long as the sanctions are in place Kim is extremely limited as to what he can do and accomplish.
And rebuilding them and coming back stronger as well. Trump needs a win and once this impeachment hoax is all done and he starts his second term he can renegotiate and resume the talks. Either that or it’s the Bolton Gaddafi Libya model. The Democrats could care less and as their fall further down the tubes of political irrelevancy it’s either continue the talks or its bombs dropped. Either way, Kim has that sanction Albatross around his neck and no matter how many nuke tests he makes, it’s not going to give him any relief whatsoever.
lincolnman
Big failure. Kim has played Trump and convinced China and Russia to help him evade the sanctions.
That's not going to happen...
Needing a win is an understatement. And you can't negotiate from Rikers Island....
That would result in millions of deaths.
Trump's fiasco - trying to have a "love affair" with a murderer. The Apprentice - Foreign Affairs Edition.....
Toasted Heretic
And once reality comes knocking at Trumpist Central, all these friendships with dictators like Kim will seem like a bad dream.
bass4funk
The only real thing that everyone should hope for is some positive forward step and not war or praying for one because rhetoric can heat up on both sides whatever diplomatic resources the President uses over military force that’s should be something everyone wants.
Toasted Heretic
Nobody is praying for war, bass.
But as long as the confidence trickster remains in power, Kim will continue with his brand of trolling.
Dialogue is essential. But it must be mature dialogue, not the medicine show patter we've seen of late.
bass4funk
Well because it hasn’t happened yet.
Far less than if you had a Democrat that would just keep the status quo or a traditional Republican that just wouldn’t put up with Kim’s antics and would give him a straight ultimatum. Trump is definitely the best bet at this point.
Exactly for the reasons I have outlined.
Serrano
SuperLib: Trump is useless on North Korea
You know, it's really useless and actually counterproductive to keep saying that. He's had less than three years. Obama had eight years and didn't get anything done. You can at least wait until Trump's had his eight years. I believe that by the end of 2024 N Korea will either have made substantial progress on denuking, or the South Koreans will have taken it over. You don't, of course, being the gloom and doom anti-Trumper that you are. We'll see who's right, won't we?
Toasted Heretic
So why suggest that people might be praying for one?
Yes, one mad, delusional narcissist who goes back on deals is not enough. Clearly the answer is two headbangers. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
Glad you can admit that the dialogue has been immature and empty. Here's to better negotiations.
bass4funk
It’s negations or war.
Well, not nearly as the other capitulating Presidents or Trump could tap into his inner Bush....or Bolton if you prefer.
I never that they were immature, but as long as Trump has sanctions on Kim, he’s contained. But I would much rather have our President negotiate with Kim over never engaging Democrats or going to rush off to a war (Republican neocons)
Chip Star
So, in the exact same place we were in with previous presidents that you labeled ineffective, which means you are in essence admitting that Donny is ineffective.
Chip Star
Which is what Donny is doing by relying on sanctions.
Are you now claiming Bush II wasn't a "traditional republican"?
So he can continue to capitulate to and appease Kim with photo ops, preventing Treaaury from implementing more sanctions, and green lighting missile tests?
Chip Star
Nope. There is the third option of continued sanctions. You know, the tactic you are praising Donny for but disparaged previous presidents for using.
Toasted Heretic
Do you mean contradictions or war - or do you mean negations as in meaning the absence of war? Either way, it doesn't follow on from your suggestion that people are praying for war, followed by your suggestion that they aren't praying for war?
I'd rather a competent PotUS (whichever of the parties can actually generate such an individual) does the negotiations.
That's not what you have, currently.
bass4funk
Yes, so not engaging or going to war. There was no talk before that.
Then that would be a lie because negotiations is an attempt and they need to be ongoing.
bass4funk
He should in the meantime....
Yes.
That’s on Kim’s part, but as long as the sanctions are around his neck, he can do with the photos as he pleases, it’s not like he’s going go to Sweden and share them at a Bistro.
lincolnman
Amazing watching the Trumpers spinning this utter failure and disaster. In three years what has occurred?
Kim: More nukes, new SLBM, more accurate missiles, reduced US exercises, evaded sanctions, solidified regime...
Trump: Nothing, nada; just humiliation as he talks about "love letters"....
A fool and a Loser....
bass4funk
Funny how haters love to criticize when they didn’t even TRY to hold talks with Kim. Lol, yeah....typical...
Trump: sanction continued, No let up, can increase the practice of the games at any given time, we have the Tomahawks, Carriers, F-22’s and F-35’s not to mention, nukes of our own.
Kim: nothing but a few old Kodak photos, bragging rights to his people, no food, no nothing, but yeah, he has nukes, hope he likes potatoes with that.
Chip Star
Hilarious watching people who excoriated Obama for being willing to talk with our enemies now cheering Donny for actually doing so (and for cancelling war games, disallowing Treasury from implementing more sanctions, and green lighting missile tests).
Wolfpack
There never should have been any talks to begin with. I was shocked when Obama stated that he was even open to meeting with the leaders of pariah nations like Iran and North Korea. The fact that Trump actually did so is beyond comprehension. These are the worst of the worst when it comes to degenerate regimes. Stop playing footsie with these horrific people.