[Lower Deck]

Talking with them is not dealing with them in any way that would undermine our ally. South Korea,

What purpose is gained from excluding South Korea and talking with North Korea one-on-one, which has been a North Korean demand for 60 years? How can South Korea take it any other way other than undermining them and a weakening of U.S. support?

[Ohioan]

Having a talk with an enemy, which has deliberately threatened us also, does not mean that we are "excluding" anyone else. If the subject is confined to the Korean Peninsula, obviously South Korea--not the United States--would be the one to decide whether to talk--if North Korea refused, that talk would not take place.

We have our own issues with North Korea, however. They have been developing missiles that are obviously not designed for the range of South Korea. We can talk to the enemy--talk plainly to the enemy without any suggestion that we have any right whatsoever to compromise South Korean sovereignty.

Trump does not advocate the Neocon insanity, which assumed an American right to reprogram other nations. He would certainly not be talking to North Korea in that vein.