Posted on 05/23/2018 6:58:56 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong Un is said to be worried about North Korea falling to a military coup while he's rubbing shoulders with Trump in Singapore
David Choi
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly anxious about his summit with President Donald Trump set to take place in Singapore next month. Kim is said to be worried about a military coup or other hostile actors who might try to depose him while he's away. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is said to be anxious about his summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore next month.
Citing sources familiar with the preparations, The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Kim was less concerned about meeting Trump than he was about what might happen at home in Pyongyang while he's gone.
Kim is apparently concerned that the trip to Singapore may leave his government vulnerable to a military coup or that other hostile actors might try to depose him, sources told The Post. The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea since the country's inception following the armistice in 1953.
Rumors of a simmering military revolt in North Korea are precisely the kind of thing that emboldened Kim to keep a tight grip on power over the years, according to some experts.
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So, it is really NOT Bolton’s fault.
Why would such a beloved, ‘Man of the People’, leader be worried about a coup?
Just like the Castro "dynasty", tyrants don't last forever.
Because N.Korea is a terrorist state with virtually no real government, just a tyrant son of a tyrant - can't last forever which is why if he wants to stay around he needs to work with Trump and China. China doesn't want a coup either.
The only question, for which I don't think anyone knows the answer yet, is whether the NK military leadership thinks it can make a deal with Seoul to keep their heads and at least some of their perks. If the answer is yes, Kim is 구운빵 (toast).
If he’s actually worried he should bow to Trump and kiss his shoe tops.
Delaying and acting indecisive about the summit will only endanger him more. Fool.
So have it at The Peace House as was originally suggested by President Trump.
Problem solved.
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He’s not that worried or he’d be begging Trump to put him up in the Lincoln Bedroom tonight.
Should he stay or should he go?
Trouble ahead, trouble behind.
The Kim's are generational... that makes it last much much longer.
He had two visits to China in recent months and didn’t seem to be sweating a coup during those. I think this is disinformation from someone.
Nork has a deep state too.
Fake News?
You may be right, but the simple fact is that we know very little about what is really happening in North Korea. There is a reason all those elite generals with hats too big follow him like a dog writing down every brilliant word he says.
It may be the strangest place on Earth when you think about it - it is certainly one of the darkest.
“The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea since the country’s inception following the armistice in 1953.”
The author didn’t do his homework. Kim became head of the newly declared North Korean state upon its inception in 1948.
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