Posted on 06/11/2018 5:44:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On the eve of a historic meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dangled new security concessions while publicly downplaying expectations that the nuclear summit will lead to anything beyond future talks.
As senior U.S. and North Korean negotiators huddled all day in working-level talks, Pompeo highlighted the extraordinary nature of the rushed Singapore summit, which brings a mercurial U.S. president and an erratic North Korean dictator face to face for the first time to haggle over the apocalyptic threat of nuclear war.
“There are only two people that can make decisions of this magnitude, and those two people are going to be sitting in a room together tomorrow,” Pompeo told reporters here Monday.
Several hours later, Kim made clear he was tired of waiting, so the normally secretive autocrat found an unexpected way to soften his image and make fresh headlines: He went sightseeing for an hour.
Kim’s motorcade left his heavily fortified luxury hotel shortly after 9 p.m. and headed to some of the busiest tourist destinations in downtown Singapore, including the rooftop of the Marina Bay Sands hotel and the Jubilee Bridge.
Surrounded by his entourage, a throng of bodyguards and Singapore government officials, Kim took in the sights and basked in camera flashes, greeted by a curious and buzzy crowd everywhere he went.
He even posed, smiling, for a selfie snapped by Singapore’s foreign minister, Vivian Balakrishnan.
It was a scene unthinkable in the history of his reclusive nation, where for seven decades, his father and grandfather were only seen in staid, staged images issued by state media.
Trump spent a quiet evening largely out of sight....
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He didn’t take a swim in the harbor for a photo op?
So ronery
Offer him Canada’s spot in the G-7.
Pompeo is an army captain
The United States can hardly play the game of “if you get rid of your nukes, we will then get rid of you.” We would never be able to make a deal with any other nation again.
I was talking about the talking heads, newspeople, pundits, experts, etc. not the participants.
LOL.
Changing the subject slightly.
I wonder why the liberal Calvuto is doing Hannity’s
slot on Fox tonight.
Hannity did his radio show fro Singapore.
Why not his TV show?
Anybody know why?
I bet the use of Trump’s barber - be that as it is - would be a huge offer from Donald.
Sean went for breakfast after doing his radio show and said he’d be back in 3 hours. That was 6pm est.
I dont listen to his radio show but he ends right as my drivetime home starts. Dont know about his tv schedule or any subscriber radio
He eventually showed up on his TV Show.
Must have been some technical issues.
Calvuto filled in until Hannity showed up.
Right on.
It is my opinion the entire mob of (both) Democrat and GOP leaders for the entire last generation, have completely led America in exactly the WRONG DIRECTION.
Both parties. Everyone.
They have sold out American production. To lots of places, but worst of all, they have sold us out to China.
The largest communist nation, anywhere.
The absolute biggest. Five times bigger than America.
America really, really is on the wrong path.
Big time.
It was 6am when his radio broadcast ended
You are 100% correct. Even still, Trump is unique. Being in the business he was in, he’s a creature of Main Street, not
Wall Street.
And the experience he gained as a national celebrity and reality TV star.
All those things played a part. Maybe more than anything else is the hard work he put in over the years to thoroughly master his business — and he’s been preparing for this role for decades really.
Agreed. Arrangements have been made by men in uniform to secure the North’s trust without gaps in defense. Easier to do now than in the past.
Yep - now that it seems to have been at ;least an initial success, let’s see how they scramble to sound like they know something...
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