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Atlantic Writer Who Derided Singapore Summit Now Praises It
Newsbusters ^ | June 21, 2018 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 06/22/2018 10:20:05 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

Wow! Is there an outbreak of Singapore Summit critics who have changed their minds? On Saturday, Michael Smerconish who at first derided the video that President Donald Trump gave to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un revealed that on second viewing he developed respect for its persuasiveness. And on June 19, Atlantic magazine writer Uri Friedman stated that although he didn't think the Singapore Summit accomplished much last week, he now believes that the "results are actually of considerable consequence."

Let us first examine Friedman's state of mind on June 12 when he declared that Trump Got Nearly Nothing From Kim Jong Un:

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; northkorea; singaporesummit
Most of the MSM still continues to write off the Singapore Summit.
1 posted on 06/22/2018 10:20:05 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Translation: They saw the internal polls on it. I posted some rather favorable editorials on Singapore from left-wing sources.


2 posted on 06/22/2018 10:23:41 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Because it was successful


3 posted on 06/22/2018 10:24:24 AM PDT by snarkytart
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The summit was a success, which is why the media rushed to find pix of kids in cages and to send the paid professional demonstrators to the streets and to start a media frenzy.


4 posted on 06/22/2018 11:03:42 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism is the denial of human nature.)
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To: PJ-Comix
Red Pilled?


5 posted on 06/22/2018 11:10:59 AM PDT by BeauBo
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