Denuclearization: President Trump and Kim Jong Un End Historic Summit With Signing Ceremony

Townhall.com ^ | June 12, 2018 | Katie Pavlich

[Kaslin]

After a one-on-one meeting and an expanded bilateral working session with senior aides from the United States and North Korea in Singapore Monday, President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un officially established a new relationship under a joint agreement of the eventual denuclearization of the regime. 

"President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.  President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," Trump and Kim released in  a joint statement at a signing ceremony early Tuesday morning. 

"The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.–DPRK summit," the statement continues.

Both leaders agreed to the following: 

1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.–DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.

"We're going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world." @POTUS and Kim Jong Un sign 'comprehensive' document in which North Korea agrees to 'complete denuclearization.' https://t.co/3Pfc9AMVxE pic.twitter.com/tkkUwolWdW— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 12, 2018

Kim expressed gratitude for the historic meeting.

"Today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind and we are about to make a historic change," Kim said. "I want to express my gratitude to President Trump to make this meeting happen."

President Trump confirmed he plans to meet with Kim "many times" in the future and held a press conference to close out the summit. He also said the U.S. will stop military exercises with South Korea and said eventually the U.S. could pull troops out of the region completely.

"Chairman Kim and I just signed a joint statement in which he reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," Trump said. "As history has proven over and over again, adversaries can indeed become friends...We're prepared to start a new history, and we're ready to write a new chapter between our nations."

“Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace," Trump continued, stressing he has given up nothing at this point in negotiations. "We will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along like it should."

.@POTUS delivers remarks following his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. https://t.co/3Pfc9AMVxE https://t.co/sPeTZqzKfm— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 12, 2018

Until denuclearization is complete, economic sanctions on North Korea will remain in place. President Trump is on his way back to the United States.

pic.twitter.com/tJG3KIn2q0— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2018

Leader Kim departs Hotel Capella after signing joint statement with @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/W6LQ5ZX8d3— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 12, 2018

[COBOL2Java]

How are democrats going to react? We already know that they are willing to sacrifice this country and us to promote their leftist goals, so they will be unhappy over this success of Trump’s.

"We'll fight back! There's no way Bush can make this into a success."

"It's Trump, dear."

"Who?"

[ViLaLuz]

Love the body language in that handshake. Trump owns Kim.

[Amish with an attitude]

The Democrats must be deeply saddened by this news.

[hal ogen]

Somehow in their diseased minds the lunatics (aka: LIBs) will see this as a large failure and yet another reason to impeach President Trump or to insult his family. LIB = LOSER

[rdl6989]

Yes, they know Republicans are going to do well in November.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I think we'll see troops out of Korea, and possibly out of Japan as well."

That would be abandoning our allies. I don't think that's going to happen and it would not be a good thing. Our southeast asian allies are a lot different than our western European allies. They want us there, they are not jerking us around and they are not disbanding their military, rather they are ramping up their military. They are much better strategic partners than our Western European allies. We need to work with them and our Central European allies, real allies not Angela Merkel type allies.

[DoodleDawg]

That would be abandoning our allies. I don't think that's going to happen and it would not be a good thing.

That seems to be the President's goal. He was very clear this morning on his ultimate goal of bringing troops back from overseas. He noted it won't take place overnight but if he has any say in it then it will take place. And I take that to mean Japan as well as Korea. He's complained about the cost time and again.

Our southeast asian allies are a lot different than our western European allies.

If the President is that adamant about bringing troops home from Korea then I would say that all the troops in Europe should be expecting to be packing up and coming home as well.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I believe that part of Japan’s surrender terms was a military of no more than 100,000. Not sure if that ever got changed or not.

[daler]

A lot of it this am seems to negatively focus the on how DJT has now "legitimized" Kim on the world stage, as if it would've been better to have had a summit with his palace janitor instead.

There is just no winning with these people.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"He's complained about the cost time and again."

Speaking as a military man who spent the large majority of my adult life in it and am now retired from it, how do you measure the costs of national security? I am more libertarian than conservative so I'm all about cutting government waste, not allowing the concentration of power in any branch of government and devolving power down to the most local levels, in short republicanism.

However, the preamble of the constitution clearly gives the power of national security to the federal government (provide for the common defense). Our founders were against a large standing army as clearly seen in the debates at the constitutional convention and the Federalist papers. It was shown they were wrong about having a standing army as James Madison (one of the authors of the Federalist papers) learned as President in the war of 1812. The militia was just not going to cut it.

We need to keep a powerful military and have it forward deployed in key strategic areas to ensure peace, tranquility and the free flow of trade across the globe. If we don't the costs will be catastrophic. To quote another founder Ben Franklin, that would be penny wise and pound foolish.

[Mariner]

I know there’s a lot of celebration in the air, but other than the handshake, what did we get that Bill Clinton didn’t get?

In real terms, not pomp and circumstance.

A meeting with Kim? Something Norklandia has always wanted, and the US has always avoided.

Verifiable disarmament? Peace treaty with recognized borders? Mutual non-aggression pact?

After all the descriptions of the deal I can find, I can only discern we got a promise...and a handshake.

[JME_FAN]

Are you on board to have peace in the region, and stop wasting our money on being the world’s police? Or are you wanting to keep the globalist “war / threat of war, everywhere, all the time” status quo?

Can’t have it both ways.

I don’t give a rat’s tail what “language” they prefer to use in describing our presence in the region. What matters is positive results for all sides - something the Republocrat-globalist establishment despises.

You’re either on board with that outcome, or you’re not.

[JME_FAN]

Are you on board to have peace in the region, and stop wasting our money on being the world’s police? Or are you wanting to keep the globalist “war / threat of war, everywhere, all the time” status quo?

Can’t have it both ways.

I don’t give a rat’s tail what “language” they prefer to use in describing our presence in the region. What matters is positive results for all sides - something the Republocrat-globalist establishment despises.

You’re either on board with that outcome, or you’re not.

[Boogieman]

“while Taiwan, Japan and the rest of the SE Asian countries will be ramping up their militaries”

I wouldn’t say that’s necessarily a bad thing. Eventually you have to take off the training wheels.

[Eleutheria5]

Has the carping and complaining started yet? Trump gave away the farm! Why isn’t this agreement ratified by the Senate yet? The ink is already dry! He just wanted a photo op. WAAAAH!

[Eleutheria5]

Why does he need a Nobel Peace Prize? Does it dispense PEZ?

[1Old Pro]

Has the carping and complaining started yet? Trump gave away the farm! Why isn’t this agreement ratified by the Senate yet? The ink is already dry! He just wanted a photo op. WAAAAH!

Yep all predictable. I think Sen. Linda Graham is already carping about how this need's his signature and his fellow senators - ugh.

[Angels27]

I trust Trump will be smart enough to know he can not trust Kim.

If we pull troops out of South Korea, you can bet the North will invade again.

[catnipman]

“At some point, the US media will stop calling President Trump a crazy, stupid failure. Right?”

We’ll see. Actually, I hope not, because the continuation of such blatant cognitive dissonance of the leftist fake stream media’s depiction of reality vs ACTUAL reality can only result in a further crumbling of what little credibility remains to them, and consequently the further diminution of
their already greatly reduced influence.

Given that for all practical purposes the leftist fake stream media currently IS the Democrat Party, anything that diminishes the leftist fake stream media further weakens the failing Democrats.

[DoodleDawg]

Speaking as a military man who spent the large majority of my adult life in it and am now retired from it, how do you measure the costs of national security?

That would be a question for the President. I've never been in the military and don't know how much individual things like military exercises or basing troops and ships and planes overseas costs.