Why the US Needs to Revisit Its Negotiating Approach to North Korea—And Soon

The Diplomat ^ | 22 April 2019 | Ankit Panda

[rockinqsranch]

".....returns to the Version 1.0 that was working before traitor/quisling/commie Moon Jae In kicked off the Season Of Appeasement at The Winter Olympics last year and then everything went south from there."

Absolutely!

[Widget Jr]

Trump's strategy is working. Launching a few missiles into the Sea of Japan and a strongly worded speech does not change the overall strategy.

In September of 2017, Trump and Xi publicly signed banking sanctions cutting off the DPRK from all financial institutions that use American or Chinese banks. The only people on earth more politically and economically isolated than North Korea are the North Sentinelese. Except the North Sentinelese have fewer enemies.

China knows Trump can respond if they are caught officially helping the DPRK under the table. For the most part China appears to be holding up its end of the agreement. This is slowly strangling the North Korean economy and there is nothing they can do about it. This takes time, and for now, Trump thinks he has the time.

[Trumpisourlastchance]

John Bolton & Mike Pompeo sabotaged a good deal that President Trump was working on.

They are saboteurs & wreckers & threaten the Trump presidency.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

I don't know who added the topic Front Page News, but this is really an editorial. Even if it had been front page news when it was posted (4/22), it would not appear on the front page today. Whoever bumped this to front page could have posted a link to this article in your other thread about NK, which actually is a news article.

Maybe Trump actually does reevaluate his NK strategy as he goes.

[AmericanInTokyo]

They have done the President and the country a great service. He feels great about them as well, that is the latest we have heard.

This might tend to make you feel a bit lonely. For only you, and Pyongyang at this point seem to have a major beef with the Secretary of State and the National Security Advisor. http://time.com/5574618/north-korea-criticizes-john-bolton/

[chuckee]

North Korea exists because China exists. This is as much about Trump’s negotiations with China as it is about his negotiations with Kim. Kim came to the table because Trump squeezed China to cut them off. Once done Kim came to the table. Trump liked what he heard, let up a little with China and Kim started backing off to test if Trump would squeeze China again. Right now Trump should be squeezing China again to cut them of totally again to show Kim that Trump he is not Carter, Clinton or Bush and the stick rather than the carrot is his go to tool.That should get him back to the table again.

[ifinnegan]

You’re giddy!

[DoughtyOne]

Giddy? Well, something...

I haven’t seen one single person here describe Kim as anything other than what he is.

That was hysterics in addition to anything else.