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Denuclearization: President Trump and Kim Jong Un End Historic Summit With Signing Ceremony
Townhall.com ^ | June 12, 2018 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 06/12/2018 4:48:52 AM PDT by Kaslin

After a one-on-one meeting and an expanded bilateral working session with senior aides from the United States and North Korea in Singapore Monday, President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un officially established a new relationship under a joint agreement of the eventual denuclearization of the regime. 

"President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.  President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," Trump and Kim released in  a joint statement at a signing ceremony early Tuesday morning. 

"The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.–DPRK summit," the statement continues.

Both leaders agreed to the following: 

1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.–DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.

"We're going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world." @POTUS and Kim Jong Un sign 'comprehensive' document in which North Korea agrees to 'complete denuclearization.' https://t.co/3Pfc9AMVxE pic.twitter.com/tkkUwolWdW— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 12, 2018

Kim expressed gratitude for the historic meeting.

"Today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind and we are about to make a historic change," Kim said. "I want to express my gratitude to President Trump to make this meeting happen."

President Trump confirmed he plans to meet with Kim "many times" in the future and held a press conference to close out the summit. He also said the U.S. will stop military exercises with South Korea and said eventually the U.S. could pull troops out of the region completely.

"Chairman Kim and I just signed a joint statement in which he reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," Trump said. "As history has proven over and over again, adversaries can indeed become friends...We're prepared to start a new history, and we're ready to write a new chapter between our nations."

“Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace," Trump continued, stressing he has given up nothing at this point in negotiations. "We will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along like it should."

.@POTUS delivers remarks following his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. https://t.co/3Pfc9AMVxE https://t.co/sPeTZqzKfm— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 12, 2018

Until denuclearization is complete, economic sanctions on North Korea will remain in place. President Trump is on his way back to the United States.

pic.twitter.com/tJG3KIn2q0— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2018

Leader Kim departs Hotel Capella after signing joint statement with @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/W6LQ5ZX8d3— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 12, 2018



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: denuclearization; kimjongun; northkorea; presidenttrump; sinapore; singapore
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To: Go Gordon
"With today's technologically advanced militaries, compared to the 1950's and 60's when these troops were stationed in South Korea, are the 35-40k US troops essentially a condensed sitting duck target if things were to break bad over there? "

No, this isn't just Army ground pounders, it's the air force and missiles and anti missile defense. When I say we still need bases, it's not just a bunch of grunts (like me), but high tech stuff that the Air Force and Navy can provide. We need basing rights to be able to bring in large number of forces and armor in case something goes wrong.
21 posted on 06/12/2018 5:25:00 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: pepsionice

I agree about Germany. At this point, I’d much rather have troops in Poland and other eastern European countries than Germany. I’m ok with pulling some of these troops back to Guam but I still think we will need other bases over there, especially in the South China Sea area. I would love to get Subic and/or Clark back in the Philippines but I don’t know how doable that is.

A lot of the ground pounders and even armor can come home if the NORKS truly denuclearize but we still need Air Force and Navy assets over there. I’m not as optimistic to say 4 years because I think this denuclearization will take longer and not one troop moves (IMHO) until all the nukes are out.


22 posted on 06/12/2018 5:29:21 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: tgusa

Big deal. So Obama got a big participation trophy, the Nobel Prize. Trump will win the true sweepstakes, and will not need a trophy to remind himself, or the world, of what he accomplished.


23 posted on 06/12/2018 5:30:24 AM PDT by tom h
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To: Kaslin

Well, we have Kim’s DNA now.


24 posted on 06/12/2018 5:38:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ClearCase_guy

Switched over to CNN this morning to see how they would handle this. They had an extensive segment covering the issue of Trump ripping up letters and WH archivists having to tape them back together fr archiving. Seriously.


25 posted on 06/12/2018 5:44:11 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Trump: America First. Obama: Quran First. Clintons: Our Money First)
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To: Kaslin

This was the first thing that I saw when I awoke this morning. :) Stunning.

Love this President.


26 posted on 06/12/2018 5:46:00 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: I want the USA back
Congress is going to say and Schumer has already said that A, B, C should be in any treaty.

Well, that's not how the Treaty clause works. They're only role is advise and consent.

Here's an example: President Washington, along with Henry Knox, the Secretary of War, met with the Senate, Treaty in hand.

Washington was looking for the Senate's consent.

The Senate said....whoa...we haven't even seen it. We will look at it and advise and consent.

Washington became furious. "Then why am I here?" And Washington left the Senate in a huff.

In other words, Congress had no role in creating the Treaty.

27 posted on 06/12/2018 5:46:22 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: tgusa

I believe that Trump WILL NOT accept any Nobel Peace Prize. It’s now totally political as proved by Obama even being nominated.


28 posted on 06/12/2018 5:48:41 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

I hope you’re right.


29 posted on 06/12/2018 5:49:18 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Kaslin

This is right up there with Reagan and Gorbechov (sp?).

Major success on the world stage and the beginning of the end of a nuclear threat to America, Bravo!


30 posted on 06/12/2018 5:50:17 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: pepsionice

Pull our Troops out of Germany. Let Merkel fund her own defense.


31 posted on 06/12/2018 5:50:32 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: pepsionice

Pull our Troops out of Germany. Let Merkel fund her own defense.


32 posted on 06/12/2018 5:50:33 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Kaslin

Aside from all the noise. This is the biggest deal since the Berlin Wall came down.

Great stuff and the media will be the only losers not celebrating.


33 posted on 06/12/2018 5:51:18 AM PDT by mindburglar (I have an above average brain stem)
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To: Sacajaweau

Like I said. Take it and donate the million bucks to the NRA.


34 posted on 06/12/2018 5:52:38 AM PDT by mindburglar (I have an above average brain stem)
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To: I want the USA back
Should be interesting how the media is going to turn this into a negative.

So far their main criticism is: 1) We need details (they cannot see the BIG picture here) 2) How can we trust Kim, he stole from us and screwed Bush, Clinton and Obama (LOL) admitting these Presidents were failures on the world stage. 3) We're giving up too much (yet we don't know this because we have no details)

35 posted on 06/12/2018 5:53:11 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: albie

Nixon sucked. He legitimized Mao. Dirtbag.


36 posted on 06/12/2018 5:53:51 AM PDT by mindburglar (I have an above average brain stem)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Could we open up a new base in the Philippines or dare I say it Vietnam?

LOL! No. Both countries kicked us out, neither one wants us back. If we pull out of Korea then the only place for them is in the U.S.

...we need to re-assure our regional allies we are not letting them twist in the wind.

Or maybe we are? The President has been quite clear on his belief that Europe and South Korea and Japan need to defend themselves. He was quite vocal on the cost of the joint military exercises; I don't doubt he's more concerned with the overall costs. I think we'll see troops out of Korea, and possibly out of Japan as well.

37 posted on 06/12/2018 5:54:55 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Huh?

https://www.google.com.hk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/11/us-navy-carriers-vietnam-visit-signals-closer-ties-amid-china-tensions

And that’s a left-wing Brit rag.


38 posted on 06/12/2018 5:59:09 AM PDT by mindburglar (I have an above average brain stem)
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To: mindburglar

U.S. carriers have made port calls in Hong Kong from time to time. That doesn’t mean the Chinese will let us base troops there.


39 posted on 06/12/2018 6:02:17 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Kaslin

Seems we can trust Kim Jong Un more than we can trust Trudeau.


40 posted on 06/12/2018 6:10:07 AM PDT by HarleyD
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