Posted on 05/17/2016 8:35:33 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Exclusive: Trump would talk to North Korea's Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord
NEW YORK | By Steve Holland and Emily Flitter
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation.
In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters, Trump also called for a renegotiation of the Paris climate accord, said he disapproved of Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions in eastern Ukraine, and said he would seek to dismantle most of the U.S. Dodd-Frank financial regulations if he is elected president.
The presumptive Republican nominee declined to share details of his plans to deal with North Korea, but said he was open to talking to its leader.
"I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him," he said.
Asked whether he would try to talk some sense into the North Korean leader, Trump replied, "Absolutely."
North Korea's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's remarks.
Trump, 69, also said he would press China, Pyongyang's only major diplomatic and economic supporter, to help find a solution.
"I would put a lot of pressure on China because economically we have tremendous power over China," he said in the interview in his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan.
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It would be interesting to see if suddenly in that case the ChiComs suddenly switch their allegiance to South Korea. They've been cozying up in recent years, and the one think China and South Korea do not want is millions of Nork refugees pouring over their borders.
More like South Korea shifts more towards China. Japan would likely do the same; they have no more love for the North than South Korea has. If either country concludes that they can't depend on the U.S. to be there in the event of North Korean aggression then they will have no other choice.
Talking with them is not dealing with them in any way that would undermine our ally. South Korea, as Western European nations, should certainly pay for our help. But note, Trump also recognizes that Japan & South Korea might be well advised to develop nuclear weapons to protect themselves from North Korea. (Frankly, I would strongly suspect that they have already done so, quietly.)
I always suspect the end-game is that China goes to South Korea and says, “We’ll take care of the North Korea problem for you.” The US gets kicked out, and the united Korea is firmly in China’s orbit.
“I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him,” he said........But when Madman Albright gave him permission to develop a nuke problem, Clinton was hailed as a statesman?
He is supposed to meet Kissinger tomorrow....DON”T do it, Trump! Stay away! He gots a dementia!!
Bad move to say this....Not when he tells him where the panda shit in the bamboo patch. Unlike Crinton and Arbright.
(as opposed to Trump himself)?....Annnnnd, your point is? Cameron has no f’n reason to get into our politics.
Because the U.S. position has always been that you don’t deal with North Korea alone......Time to stop that losing scenario, don’t you agree?
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?
Why?
Why?....We lost when Maddie Halfbright dealt with them ALONE.
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.
The real news here is that when Yahoo posted this story they included a complimentary picture of Trump!! They usually try to make him look snarky.
Previous administrations have insisted that they would only meet with others when confronting North Korea. The idea was that they did not want to meet Kim as a peer.
But with Trump, this may work out pretty well. I would love to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. I suspect that Trump will brush the State Department flacks out of the way and DICTATE to Kim. That is what should have been done a long time ago.
It would not just make toast, it would BE toast.
Be advised - my toaster has accepted the challenge - it looks forward to engaging you next Presidential Primary season......
Battle of the haircuts? :)
Haven't you heard that the NotTrumpers are looking for the Perfect Candidate to run in this primary, in order to win Texas and prevent both Hillary and Trump from getting 270 electoral votes?
Haven't you heard that the NotTrumpers are looking for the Perfect Candidate to run in this primary, in order to win Texas and prevent both Hillary and Trump from getting 270 electoral votes?
I've seen all the stories - many with Cruz's fingerprints on them.
There's about 360 electoral votes available in the remaining States and Trump needs 69 to reach 1237 and maybe another 80 to become "delegates-who-bail proof". That's only 42% and he's polling well ahead of that.
I can't think of anyone they could offer that would please the People enough for them to forget the intended betrayal of the act.
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