Posted on 08/27/2018 1:47:38 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On Friday, US President Donald Trump did an about-face on his North Korea policy when he told Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cancel his planned visit.
For many North Korea and Iran analysts, this is the moment they have waited for: Will Trump stick to his guns and try to negotiate a tough deal with Pyongyang like he has said, even at the risk of his deal-cutting legacy being scattered to the wind? Or will he compromise more than he has said he would in order to secure a deal, even if it is less tough?
If Trump stays tough or shows a soft side to North Korea, will that be a game-changing moment for the nuclear standoff with Iran?
The coming days will be crucial, given Trump’s behavior leading into the historic June 12 Singapore Summit with the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un.
Shortly before the summit, Trump called it off, citing foot-dragging by Pyongyang in its readiness to compromise, while at the same time leaving an opening if Kim showed greater flexibility.
The gambit worked. Kim wanted the summit badly enough that he quickly agreed to sign on to further concessions, at least in principle. Trump then agreed the summit was back on.
Will history repeat itself? Trump called off Pompeo, but again left an opening and saved most of his criticism for China. He also gave Pompeo license to appoint a new and highly-respected North Korea envoy, Steve Biegun....
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I didn’t expect, and sure don’t think Trump expected Kim to cave after just a few months of sanctions and one round of talks. This one’s going to take some time. It’s going to be a long and cold Winter in North Korea... their first one with REAL sanctions in place. We’ll see what Spring brings.
Kim will never ‘deal.’ He’s the son and grandson of Leftist Loonies and couldn’t care less about peace and/or feeding his worshipping hordes. He’s too busy with his Remy and kisaengs.
My goodness is everyone that stupid? All these two bit
countries are waiting for our midterm elections.
Yes, they are and the US Left is willing to get millions killed if that is what it takes to get Trump.
Trump should repeat this on his rally stops that the Chinese, NK and Iran are expecting the democrats to win.
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