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'A bit of a setback' one congressman says of canceling North Korea summit
KGO-TV ^ | May 24, 2018 | Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News

Posted on 05/24/2018 9:05:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In the wake of President Donald Trump's cancelation of a planned nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, some members of Congress immediately spoke out about the decision on Thursday.

Some members of Congress lauded Trump saying he made the right decision to call off the summit if North Korea did not intend on getting rid of its nuclear weapons, while others urged the administration to keep working to end nuclear threats from North Korea.

The Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., said in a statement that the administration should continue to apply diplomatic pressure to North Korea....

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: congress; korea; trump

1 posted on 05/24/2018 9:05:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Some Democrats criticized the president, saying that the decision showed that he was not prepared to deal with Kim Jong Un’s tactics.”

democrats: morons, all.


2 posted on 05/24/2018 9:09:56 AM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Some Democrats criticized the president, saying that the decision showed that he was not prepared to deal with Kim Jong Un’s tactics.”

I suspect Trump found out that Kim was planning to not show up and make a big deal of dissing the President and he beat him to the punch.

3 posted on 05/24/2018 9:25:53 AM PDT by lstanle
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To: lstanle

“Kim was planning to not show up.”

The North Korean leaders tend to not want to travel outside their country.

Going to Beijing is an adventure.


4 posted on 05/24/2018 10:03:05 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Kim had to attempt this. Glad POTUS walked.


5 posted on 05/24/2018 10:32:58 AM PDT by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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