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Trump cancels Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
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Posted on 05/24/2018 6:52:24 AM PDT by bryan999

President Donald Trump wrote a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un saying that their planned summit next month in Singapore was cancelled.

The meeting, which would have marked the first face-to-face encounter between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader, was set for June 12 in the southeastern Asian island city state.

"Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting," Trump wrote in the letter, which was released Thursday morning.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kimjongun; nknukes; nkorea; nksummit; nksummitcanceled; nksummitcancelled; northkorea; singaporesummit; summit; trump; trumpasia
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To: 1Old Pro

FWIW, I don’t think China had to do a damn thing. I think the EU has been Trump’s enemy all along.

The EU isn’t a dupe. It’s a collaborator.


41 posted on 05/24/2018 7:08:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; Grampa Dave; Larry Lucido; Tainan; ...
You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they will never be used.

OUCH!

42 posted on 05/24/2018 7:08:11 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: nikos1121

Little Kim ultimate goal may be a Mah-sool Plan. After all when Germany and Japan surrendered look what we did for them. You are right he wants to remain in power AND reap the benefits.


43 posted on 05/24/2018 7:09:35 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT Q)
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To: bryan999

For anyone that follows QAnon closely, this “cancellation” shouldn’t be a surprise.

The “theory” (conspiracy or otherwise) is that the summit already took place months ago, and that this was just going to be a staged event.

(yes, I have the tin foil on my head, but waiting this out to see what happens).


44 posted on 05/24/2018 7:10:16 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: bryan999

Deliver the letter on a big fat nuke.


45 posted on 05/24/2018 7:11:03 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: bryan999
Dear leader declined to respond:


46 posted on 05/24/2018 7:11:34 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: bryan999

Well this is a better tactic than, “Please, please, please make a deal with us. We’ll send you gazillions of unmarked bills on secret flights and you don’t have to release ANY of our hostages.”


47 posted on 05/24/2018 7:12:25 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

Anything is a possibility with OUR president. Particularly the unexpected


48 posted on 05/24/2018 7:12:26 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT Q)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

The Sun Rises In The East
And Sets In The West.
Pain

“Q”


49 posted on 05/24/2018 7:12:56 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

That’s just silly. Trump is in the news every single day. He never went anywhere that would put him in proximity to NK for a hidden summit. Also, do you seriously think Little Rocket Man would hide such a summit? He wants that glory because it would make him seem even more powerful to his people. Lastly, DC denizens leak like a sieve. Do you seriously think such a summit would not have leaked? Get real, please.


50 posted on 05/24/2018 7:15:41 AM PDT by Avalon Memories ( Proud Deplorable. Proud born-in-the-USA American Dreamer.)
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To: Ronald_Magnus

“Walk away when warranted, but leave the door open. Art of the Deal.”.

EXACTLY! Read the letter and it’s obvious that Trump called the shots, cancelled the meeting and look who came out on top......Trump! NK just go more BAD publicity when spewing bad rhetoric, thereby giving TRUMP the upper edge AGAIN! More winning.

I expect NK will come back to the table in due time.


51 posted on 05/24/2018 7:15:48 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: 1Old Pro

It’s altogether possible that this was as much to do a number on the Drive-by Media as it was to jerk a little slack out of Mr. Kim. Let the media go nuts and soil their skivvies over this, as we know they will, and THEN set up another meeting with Kim.


52 posted on 05/24/2018 7:16:07 AM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Lisbon1940

Oh, I got it. They called Pence a “political dummy.”


53 posted on 05/24/2018 7:18:08 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: 1Old Pro

This might be the first time that the US has pulled the rug out from under Pyongyang rather than the other way around...


54 posted on 05/24/2018 7:18:30 AM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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To: 1Old Pro

This might be the first time that the US has pulled the rug out from under Pyongyang rather than the other way around...


55 posted on 05/24/2018 7:18:33 AM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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To: Tucker39
Let the media go nuts and soil their skivvies over this, as we know they will, and THEN set up another meeting with Kim.

I'm waiting for the media to literally have a breakdown on set, like the guy in Network.

56 posted on 05/24/2018 7:19:12 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: goldstategop

Trump just put Kim’s nuts in a vice...


57 posted on 05/24/2018 7:19:32 AM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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To: Anonymous coward

Um the recent “deal” with China includes ZERO tariffs. So it really wasn’t a deal.


58 posted on 05/24/2018 7:19:41 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: bantam

John Kerry or Obama or even Bush, Clinton etc would never pull this off. Trump has the confidence and full understanding of what’s going on in China and with Kim.


59 posted on 05/24/2018 7:20:07 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: mandaladon
This might be the first time that the US has pulled the rug out from under Pyongyang rather than the other way around...

That's leadership, and the media will say Trump is moving us closer to nuclear war - just wait 3,2,1

60 posted on 05/24/2018 7:20:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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