Jeb Bush getting ready for his trip to Oaklahoma.
Posted on 06/08/2018 4:40:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Americans should “be rooting” for President Donald Trump at next week’s U.S.-North Korea summit on denuclearization, former President Bill Clinton said Thursday.
“I think we should be rooting for [Trump] to succeed with the North Korea negotiations,” Clinton said in an interview with PBS NewsHour managing editor and anchor Judy Woodruff.
Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are meeting June 12 in Singapore to discuss ending the regime’s nuclear weapons program — a goal that has eluded previous U.S. presidents, including Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Clinton.
The summit could be successful even if it doesn’t produce a full denuclearization deal, Clinton said, so long as North Korea makes other commitments such as allowing inspectors to monitor its nuclear weapons program.
Next week’s talks, at a resort on Sentosa Island, will be the first ever meeting between a North Korean leader and sitting U.S. president. Clinton called South Korean President Moon Jae-in a “genius” for helping broker the talks.
Trump has expressed optimism ahead of the summit, while cautioning that talks might not result in a final deal and could take longer than one day. CNN reported Thursday that Trump and Kim could meet for a second day if the first day of negotiations goes well.
“Anything we can do to reduce that threat [of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program] is a positive thing,” Clinton said.
Clinton spoke to the NewsHour alongside best-selling author James Patterson, with whom he co-wrote “The President is Missing,” a thriller about a fictional president’s response to a cyber attack. The book was released this month, putting Clinton back in the spotlight two years after his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was defeated by Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
Other highlights from the interview:
• Defending NAFTA: Clinton defended the North American Free Trade Agreement, his signature trade deal with Canada and Mexico. “On balance we’re a lot better off” because of NAFTA, Clinton said. But said the agreement — which he signed in 1993 — “needs to be upgraded.”
• Have Democrats moved in the direction of protectionism on trade? When asked by Woodruff, Clinton said yes. “But we pretty well know who is going to be hurt in a trade agreement — who will be helped, will be hurt. We should get our money on the front end from now on, but otherwise, I still believe in trade.”
• Is a cyber attack the most serious threat the U.S. faces? Clinton, whose new book is about a fictional cyber attack, said while a chemical, biological or nuclear attack could kill more people more quickly, “it is more likely that a serious cyber attack could do a massive amount of damage and be successful.” The comments come weeks after the White House eliminated its top cyber security adviser position. The annual report from the director of national intelligence identifies cyber security as the No. 1 threat to the U.S.
When she wakes up from her drunken stuper, she will throw another ash tray at him and say “How dare you say something nice about Donald trump”
Did they ask Clinton why he gave them nuclear weapons in the first place?
You’re assuming they will be in the same house. Not likely. Hillary stays in NY while Bill enjoys his playboy lifestyle in the penthouse in Arkansas.
When you’re an ex president, it’s easy enough to get women flown in.
Money.
The answer: House arrest.
For a very realistic look at an EMP, take a read of the fiction novel, "One Second After." Implications are scary.
I think it’s funny, that Bill Clinton and his sidekick writer wrote a book, and they are supposedly on a book tour. Yet it seems all the news coverage has to do with Monica Lewinsky, or Bill’s opinion on current affairs. Nobody is talking about this book he wrote.
hey, good for Bill ... certainly not the worst Dem President we ever had ... blue dresses and cigars aside ...
Sometimes I think Mr. Bill says and does things just to provoke the ire of his ‘fair lady’ aka Hillary.
Teasing the Tiger.
He’s probably residing in a town where she is not, so no need to worry about getting crowned by a cast iron skillet (this time).
Jeb Bush getting ready for his trip to Oaklahoma.
Hillary will phone Chelsea with all her comments about Bill’s statements. “I’m not speaking to your Father today, I’m busy right now freshening my drink. but you can tell him from me, that I DID NOT exactly ‘appreciate’ his wise-ass remarks in support of Donald Trump!!”
*** “What does his wife say?” ***
Doesn’t matter what she says, whatever comes out either of their mouths is a Self Serving LIE...
It appears I might outlive both of them as well as Jimmy and McCain ( Stock Tip ... Invest in Cheap Beer and State of the Art Drainage Systems)
One Second After is one damn scary book. Thank God for DJT.
Yeah. That and my pardon."
Well of course that was it, I wanted them to ask him to see him squirm a little bit
zactlee
Has anyone here read the Clinton/Patterson book? Seems to have mostly positive reviews on amazon.
MSM asked Trump if he is Prepared
He replied with typical Trump bluntness with (paraphrase) I have prepared for this my entire Life
MAGA
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