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Kim And Company Arrive In Singapore Via A Procession Of Chinese And North Korean Jets
The Drive ^ | 6/10/18 | Tyler Rogoway

Posted on 06/10/2018 5:21:43 AM PDT by DoodleDawg

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Interesting article on the logistics of getting Kim to the summit. But also interesting is the part on the route President Trump is taking to get there. Wonder why the chose that route rather than a more direct one?
1 posted on 06/10/2018 5:21:43 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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…his famed portable toilet, along with other security vehicles and personnel.

Kimchi in Kimchi out. Lots & Lots. Indirect route? Air to air, ground to air, satellite to air, Lots of fun ways to take out Kim…and/or turlit.

2 posted on 06/10/2018 5:30:22 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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Definitely a sense of American pride as PDJT stepped off the stairs...


3 posted on 06/10/2018 5:31:13 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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I just wish we were holding the dang summit on one of our carriers.


4 posted on 06/10/2018 5:32:59 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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In any case, why in bloody blue blazes are we negotiating with the freaking middle man?!


5 posted on 06/10/2018 5:35:03 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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Definitely a sense of American pride as PDJT stepped off the stairs...

That's called leadership. Something missing the past eight years.

6 posted on 06/10/2018 5:48:14 AM PDT by ealgeone
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Click on the link and it goes into detail on why the port-a-potty. Apparently they’re afraid that foreign powers will examine his poop and get insight into his overall health. The ultimate data dump, so to speak.


7 posted on 06/10/2018 5:53:14 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Ditto that.....BIG TIME!!!


8 posted on 06/10/2018 5:54:17 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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You know, people like the Norks and Chicoms always telegraph what they’re up to at moments like this.

Trump: “That’s USDA prime best you’re looking at, boys.”


9 posted on 06/10/2018 5:59:38 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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Wonder why they chose that route rather than a more direct one?

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This seemed to me to be the reason:

“This direction is longer than the polar route but doesn’t fly over Russia and China.”

Also, I heard someone (had to be on FOX) a while back talking about why Singapore would be a good location for talks. Kim’s planes are not able to fly long distances due to age/state of repair issues - they thought Kim’s planes would be able to make it as far as Singapore. Looks like the Chinese helped him out as well with some decent aircraft so he wouldn’t come limping in. Kim’s plane was described in the article .....

“Maybe the most interesting part of this whole airlift is that Kim’s aging, VIP configured Il-62M also made the flight. It was the last in line to arrive in Singapore .... “


10 posted on 06/10/2018 6:03:00 AM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMPIt)
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Trump needs to invite Kimmy’s wife and sister I saw a hint these two ladies are pushing Kimmy Make the World Great Again


11 posted on 06/10/2018 6:06:09 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (Thank you Free Republic. Thank you President Donald J Trump, Greatest election Ever.)
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We are not. You misinteerrpret the current events.

The negotiations are about the future of the Korean peninsula, not relations with China


12 posted on 06/10/2018 6:07:41 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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13 posted on 06/10/2018 6:09:47 AM PDT by Liz ( (Our side has 8 trillion bullets;the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.))
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So the Chinese flew Kim to the summit in an American plane? Two messages there.

First - Direct message to the Americans - Trump arrives in a 747 so Kim will arrive in a 747 to show he is equal in the negotiations.

Second - Subtext to Kim - the Americans are two generations ahead. If you want to catch up, you need to deal.


14 posted on 06/10/2018 6:10:26 AM PDT by PAR35
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That’s a pretty cool staircase for a plane.


15 posted on 06/10/2018 6:20:05 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (This article needs a fact checked)
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Covered and enclosed, keeps the weather off, and denies snipers a good line of sight.


16 posted on 06/10/2018 6:35:40 AM PDT by null and void (Have the courage to shine the light of reason in a dark world)
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Was Kanye with her? Or did Kim travel alone


17 posted on 06/10/2018 6:38:26 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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“This direction is longer than the polar route but doesn’t fly over Russia and China.”

Recently, even the Chinese airlines seem not to be overflying Kamchatka as they used to. They take a more southerly route - not the most fuel efficient Great Circle route but directly over the North Pacific about 1,000 miles south of Anchorage and then overfly Japan to the coast of China. AF1 should be able to do the same - with a stop in Tokyo to refuel then straight on to Singapore skirting around Chinese airspace (just like in the old days), so there must be something else going on.

18 posted on 06/10/2018 6:45:55 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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Whoa!

This guy better start doing some sit-ups and a couple of miles around the track every morning.


19 posted on 06/10/2018 7:04:54 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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All this reminds me of China hilariously snubbing Barry the utopian messiah Soetero uses back stairs

It's interesting how China and the Norks is showing so much respect. Such a different attitude

20 posted on 06/10/2018 7:05:44 AM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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